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Vision Iowa Board awards $321,000 to three cities

The Vision Iowa Board awarded $321,000 in grants to help fund a historic depot renovation in Osceola, a white-water feature in Elkader and riverfront development in Spencer, the board said Thursday.

The board gave $88,000 …

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Des Moines’ Sixth Avenue to get EPA help

A one-mile section of Sixth Avenue north of downtown Des Moines has been selected to receive technical assistance for green infrastructure design under an Environmental Protection Agency program called Greening America’s Capitals. The benefits will include …

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Economic Census to be taken in October

Beginning next month, more than 4 million businesses representing various industries and geographic areas will receive 2012 Economic Census forms. The Economic Census is the Census Bureau’s official five-year measure of American business and the …

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Stagnant wages hurt consumer spending

Consumer spending continues to be restrained by stagnating wages, which is hurting the country’s economic recovery, Bloomberg reported.

The Labor Department reported last week that in August, average hourly earnings were little changed from the …

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7 Best white-collar jobs

Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics, the website 24/7 Wall St. projected which jobs are expected to grow the most before 2020.  Here are seven white-collar fields that are expected to grow by more …

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Challenger: Job cuts down in August

Employers announced plans to cut 32,239 workers from their payrolls in August, according to global outplacement consultants at Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.

That’s the lowest number of monthly job cuts by U.S.-based firms since …

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Iowa economy may slow a bit – Iowa Business Council

A quarterly survey of Iowa business leaders suggests that concerns about the global economy and the effect of the drought will slow Iowa’s economy this fall.

The Iowa Business Council’s third-quarter survey of executives of …

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Project IOWA honors first graduating class

The leaders of A Mid-Iowa Organizing Strategy (AMOS) will celebrate its first graduating class of Project IOWA (Iowa Opportunities for Workforce Advancement) today at 5 p.m.

Gov. Terry Branstad will give the commencement address to …

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Iowa unemployment insurance tax rates improve for 2013

Employers will see about $100 million in tax savings next year because of an improvement in the state’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Funds, with the average rate falling from 2.4 percent to 2 percent, according to …

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Water Works Park receives $100,000 grant

Des Moines Water Works has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines Leadership Circle. The grant will help fund a master plan to renovate the park, said Randy Beavers, …