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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 …

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FCC got its wires crossed in net neutrality rule

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington said today that the Federal Communications Commission used the wrong legal authority when it established rules prohibiting broadband providers from slowing or blocking some Internet traffic, Bloomberg reported. The …

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Broadlawns launches online Patient Portal

Broadlawns Medical Center patients now have access to key medical information and services 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the Des Moines hospital announced. Using its new online Patient Portal, patients can review laboratory results, …

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Executive director Don Smithey to retire from airport

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

Smithey, the former director at Omaha’s Eppley Airfield, came out of retirement to …

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Morning business headlines: 1-14-14

Wells Fargo reports 11% profit, JPMorgan earns $5.3B despite legal woes

Wells Fargo & Co, the biggest U.S. mortgage lender, reported a better-than-expected 11 percent rise in fourth-quarter profits as bad-loan provisions fell steeply, helping …

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First-year results in on manufacturing education

Iowa’s community colleges have invested nearly $1 million in program-related equipment in the past year as part of a 3-year initiative to boost the state’s capacity to train workers for advanced manufacturing jobs, according to …