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Rockwell Collins enters joint venture with Chinese company

Rockwell Collins and Beijing Bluesky Aviation Technology today signed a final agreement to establish a joint venture in China, the companies said in a release. The company, ACCEL Flight Simulation Co. Ltd., will create a simulation and …

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Crème founder to talk about social media presence

Christina Moffatt, founder of Crème Cupcake, will discuss how small businesses can tackle social media at a Social Media Club of Des Moines event on Jan. 23. Moffatt started her business three years ago and …

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2014 Top 25 Most Influential Boards announced

Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines’ board has been voted by Business Record readers as the Most Influential Board in the Metro area.

Mercy topped the annual list of Top 25 Most Influential boards that …

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Carpe DM Music compilation now accepting submissions

 

The Greater Des Moines Partnership has announced a new project called the Carpe DM Music compilation, which will feature a variety of original recordings by musical artists living and working in the Greater Des …

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Long-term care insurers’ ‘gender rating’ practices challenged

A nonprofit women’s advocacy group is challenging the legality of “gender rating” of long-term care policies by four major insurance companies. The complaints were filed today by the National Women’s Law Center with the U.S. Department …

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Metro Waste’s Hadden to be next West Des Moines city manager

Tom Hadden, who brought a conservation ethic as executive director of the Metro Waste Authority, will be the next West Des Moines city manager, Mayor Steve Gaer said this afternoon.

Hadden was offered the job …

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Branstad Condition of the State address has business flavor

Gov. Terry Branstad highlighted the Home Base Iowa Act, urged tax incentives for communities to build high-speed Internet networks and recommended another tuition freeze at state universities in today’s Condition of the State address.

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Smithey to retire as Des Moines airport leader

Don Smithey, executive director of Des Moines International Airport, announced today that he will retire from the airport effective Feb. 14.

 

The former director at Omaha’s Eppley Airfield, came out of retirement to take …

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Bergan Paulsen names new managing partner

 

Chris Honkomp, a tax partner with Bergan, Paulsen & Co., has been elected as the new managing partner of the certified public accounting firm. He succeeds Dave Happel, who has served as managing partner …

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Retail sales beat economists’ forecasts

Retail sales increased 0.2 percent in December after a 0.4 percent advance in November that was smaller than previously reported, according to U.S. Commerce Department figures released today, Bloomberg reported. The median forecast of 86 economists …