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Johnston and Waukee are ‘best places’

Money magazine says that Johnston, at No. 16, and Waukee, at No. 42, are among the 50 “Best Places” to live in the country. That should read “places with populations of 10,000 to 50,000.” Johnston got the nod primarily …

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Leaders Survey 2015

For our annual Business Record Leaders Survey, we surveyed the Business Record audience on 18 business issues in order to capture the pulse of our readers.


Below we have the results of all the questions…
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U.S. import and export prices drop slightly in July

U.S. import prices declined 0.9 percent in July, after recording no change the previous month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Both fuel prices and nonfuel prices contributed to the July decrease. The …

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Warren County business grant competition is underway

Warren County Economic Development Corp.’s second annual Warren County Small Business Grant contest is underway. Small businesses and startups can enter the competition here. The deadline is midnight Sept.14. Three finalists in the existing business and startup …

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A new game plan for entrepreneurship and big data at ISU

Bill Adamowski hit the ground running when he landed at Iowa State University this past spring. With the same eye that has keenly analyzed multimillion-dollar business opportunities, Adamowski has sized up some gaps in ISU’s …

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Car wash turns into coffee shop, youth training center

Work is beginning on Freedom for Youth Ministries’ Freedom Blend Coffee Cabin, set to open in the spring in a former car wash. The coffee shop will employ disadvantaged youths as a training center. A …

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REG smells success

REG, the Ames-based company that spun off of a biofuels venture at West Central Cooperative in Ralston, has its eyes on much more than biodiesel now. 

The company wants to use natural feedstocks to produce …

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Iowa economy continues to signal a coming contraction

The Iowa Leading Indicators Index dropped 0.4 percent in June to 107.6, marking the sixth consecutive month that the gauge of economic activity has declined, the Iowa Department of Revenue said.

 

A separate index …

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Midwest economic activity spiked in July

The Chicago PMI, an indicator of economic activity in the Midwest, was much stronger than expected in July with a reading of 54.7, up from 49.4 in June and higher than a measure of 50.8 …

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Iowa Events Center brings in record profit for FY2015

Spectra, the management company for the Iowa Events Center, presented a check to the Polk County Board of Supervisors today for more than $1.9 million, representing profits generated from the venue during fiscal year 2015. …