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Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 2.9 percent for November, the lowest the rate has been since December 2000, Iowa Workforce Development said in a release today. A year ago, the state’s jobless rate was 3.5 …
U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad met this week with officials at West Des Moines-based Hy-Line to discuss opening China to poultry imports from the United States. China banned poultry imports from the U.S. after …
DuPont Pioneer has laid off an undisclosed number of workers in Johnston, the Des Moines Register reported. DuPont spokesman Gregg Schmidt said the company cut jobs to “integrate our operations and establish a streamlined, efficient, built-for-purpose …
With economic activity of nearly $1.1 billion and an increase of local gross domestic product of 4.7 percent over four years, Polk County has the top performing economy in the state and the 168th in …
The city of Des Moines will devote 50 percent of an estimated $38 million in revenues that would be generated by an additional 1 cent sales tax to property tax relief, provided in the form …
Would any workers in their right minds ever turn down a pay raise? They might — and some Greater Des Moines employees anecdotally have — if they realize it will push their pay above the …
The Greater Des Moines region welcomed 13.7 million visitors in 2016 — a new record, reports Consultant Longwoods International, commissioned by Catch Des Moines. That marks a gain of 5 percent, or about 600,000 visitors, above …
The Greater Des Moines Partnership has promoted Tiffany Tauscheck to the newly created position of chief strategy officer. Tauscheck, who has served as the organization’s chief communications officer since 2015, will lead strategic planning and counsel the …
Members of the Iowa Business Council have pledged to provide 30,000 individuals with internships, externships and apprenticeships by 2025. Chairman Benjamin McLean, CEO of Ruan Transportation Management Systems, said the pledge is part of the …
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