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No politics in this lease

A downtown Des Moines property owned by a partnership of prominent Republican Jim Cownie and prominent Democrat Bill Knapp is set to be the Iowa headquarters of Hillary Clinton, who announced that she will seek …

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TIF bill introduced in Iowa House

Legislation has been introduced in the Iowa House that would prevent cities from using tax increment financing to pay for public buildings, including police and fire stations, libraries, city halls and any other public building that …

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Iowa ranks 24th in middle market firms

A new Middle Market Power Index from American Express and Dun & Bradstreet ranks Iowa 24th among the states in the share of firms that are in the middle market. Iowa has an estimated 1,596 middle market …

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Premier Credit Union branch comes home to the Partnership Building

Premier Credit Union will have an open house from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 23 to mark the reopening of its skywalk branch, which was displaced after the fire in March 2014 at the …

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Wells Fargo lending margin falls below 3 percent as profit declines

Bloomberg: Wells Fargo & Co., the most valuable U.S. bank, said low interest rates pushed first-quarter lending margins below 3 percent for the first time since at least 1994. Net income fell 1.5 percent to $5.8 billion, …

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First quarter profits up at U.S. Bancorp

Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp said today its net income for the first quarter increased 2.4 percent to $1.43 billion, or 76 cents per share, compared with $1.39 billion, or 73 cents per share, in the same …

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Urbandale-based Igor wins $125,000 in Clean Energy Challenge

Igor Inc., a Greater Des Moines technology company, won $125,000 in funding on Tuesday during the Clean Energy Challenge held in Chicago. The company received the $100,000 Wells Fargo Prize, as well as the McCaffery …

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Iowa Employment Conference scheduled April 22

Holmes Murphy & Associates Inc. announced that Dr. Tim Church, a leading physician in exercise and obesity research, will deliver the opening keynote address at this year’s Iowa Employment Conference on April 22 in Des …

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Partnership plans new accelerator: Square One DSM

The Greater Des Moines Partnership plans to open a new business accelerator, Square One DSM, on May 1.

The new facility, located in the East Village’s Northwestern Hotel near the Global Insurance Accelerator, will look …

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Junior Achievement of Central Iowa receives grant from State Farm

Junior Achievement of Central Iowa is the recipient of a $40,000 grant from State Farm. The grant, to be presented April 20 in JA BizTown at the nonprofit’s Central Iowa headquarters, will be used to …