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Feds hope lower fees will lure new homebuyers

 

A quarter of a million Americans who have been shut out of the housing recovery may be able to get a mortgage now that President Barack Obama has cut the cost to insure their …

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Bridgestone tire to lay off 69 workers this week

Slowing demand for farm equipment has prompted the Bridgestone farm tire manufacturing plant in Des Moines to lay off 69 workers, beginning this week, reports DesMoinesRegister.com. Under an agreement with United Steel Workers Local 310, laid-off …

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Gov. Branstad to give annual Condition of the State speech Tuesday

The 2015 session of the Iowa Legislature begins Monday, and Gov. Terry Branstad details his budget proposals and vision for the year in his Condition of the State address at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Branstad’s speech …

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Insurance agents could practice in multiple states under federal bill

In one of its first votes of the new Congress, the House of Representatives revived and overwhelmingly approved a bill that would help insurance agents practice in multiple states, InvestmentNews reported. The bill establishes the National …

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UnityPoint at Home director named to national board

Lori Bishop, executive director of clinical transformation for UnityPoint at Home, was named to the board of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. In her role as a national director, Bishop will support the …

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Gerhart pledges prompt action on CoOportunity

 

Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart said Wednesday he expects to reach a decision soon on whether CoOportunity Health will be liquidated.   

 

“My hope is we’re going to be able to make a …

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Google adds time to prevent ‘leap second’ crash in June

Google is combating a feared Internet crash this year by adding small increments of time to its system clocks, Techie News reports. It’s doing so because 2015 is going to be longer: Scientists at the International Earth …

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Johnston to unveil economic development guide

The Johnston Economic Development Corp. will unveil a new development guide during its annual meeting from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Jan. 15 at Stoney Creek Hotel. The guide will serve as resource for developers and …

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Blood center asks for donations amid critically low supply

LifeServe Blood Center, the sole supplier of blood products to more than 100 hospitals in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota, said today it urgently needs donors to give blood to increase the blood supply. Recent …

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Trade deficit shrinks, hiring up at end of 2014

The smallest trade deficit of the year in November and increased company hiring last month provided hints the U.S. economy is rising above a global slowdown, Bloomberg reported.

 

The trade gap, or the difference in …