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Senate votes to strip down patent reform bill

The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to strip controversial provisions out of a bipartisan bill to revamp the patent system and clear a years-long backlog of patent applications. The vote was 97 in favor and …

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Silicon Prairie expands to Kansas City

Silicon Prairie News is holding an expansion party in Kansas City tonight after launching into the city as a third coverage area in mid-February.

The company started in Omaha in 2008 and expanded to Des …

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Mobile purchases pick up steam

Merchants running mobile advertising campaigns claim that between 5 and 10 percent of their digital purchases are coming from mobile devices, an executive with mobile advertising network Mojiva Inc. told Mobile Commerce Daily.

Such sales …

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Social media has settled in

Social media is reaching a more mature stage in the Central Iowa business community, according to a survey conducted by Hanser & Associates. Based on 409 responses, the study found that nearly 80 percent of …

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High-tech gadgets, software improve efficiency at Wellmark


Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, which is putting the final touches on its 550,000-square-foot downtown office building, has incorporated a number of high-tech gadgets into the structure that are intended to help employees operate …

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Advocate says businesses must rely on creativity


For U.S. small businesses to stack up to foreign competition, innovation is a must.

That was one of the messages that Karen Kerrigan had for the Heartland Technology Alliance last week. Kerrigan, president and CEO …

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Eurofins acquires pharmaceutical testing company

Paris-based Eurofins Scientific Inc., which has operations in Des Moines, has acquired Lancaster Laboratories Inc. of Lancaster, Pa. Eurofins acquired Lancaster from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. for approximately $200 million.

Lancaster is a provider of …

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DuPont, Advanta collaborate on sorghum enhancements

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. and Advanta Corp., an India-based global seed business, announced a collaboration and licensing agreement to develop and deliver sorghum with increased productivity and value. DuPont subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred …

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Palisade Systems names Snedecor CEO

Palisade Systems Inc. has named Spencer Snedecor as its CEO, the Des Moines-based software company announced on Tuesday. Snedecor has more than 30 years of experience in leading technology companies, among them PGP Corp., a …

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Apple’s iPad2 delayed until June

The launch of Apple Inc.’s iPad2 tablet computer will be delayed to June from April, according to Reuters.

Taiwanese brokerage Yuanta Securities said in a note that maker Hon Hai faces production bottlenecks due to …