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Intel CEO Otellini named to Obama’s job council

Intel Corp. CEO Paul Otellini will be named to a panel of experts advising President Barack Obama, according to Reuters. Otellini will join Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, created in January to focus on …

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Put a lid on it


From where Walter Slack sits in a Dallas County farm field, he looks down at a hole in the ceiling of the Iowa Stored Energy Park.

The park, for all practical purposes, is about 3,000 …

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Sigler announces new partnerships

Sigler Cos. has been selected by Dutch-based web-to-print network BlueMailCentral as its exclusive provider in the United States.

The deal will give Sigler access to more than 30 countries where BlueMailCentral operates.

Sigler also announced …

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Verizon Wireless: Iowa investments topped $35 million

Verizon Wireless announced today that it invested more than $35 million in 2010 to enhance its network in Iowa. The investments included 14 new cell sites, upgrading equipment on more than 240 existing cell sites …

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Online giving grew 35 percent in 2010

Nonprofit organizations raised 35 percent more through online contributions last year than in 2009, according to a new report on giving trends by Blackbaud Inc.
    
“2010 saw the continued growth in the importance …

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Apple tries to take stranglehold on mobile news market

After teaming up with News Corp. to launch the iPad-only newspaper The Daily, Apple Inc. is making another splash in the media market, according to Reuters.

The company announced today that it will launch a …

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Shoppers get physical on smartphones

A majority of the respondents to an Adobe Systems Inc. survey – 62 percent – said they have bought physical goods from their smartphone devices in the last six months, Mobile Commerce Daily reported.

The …

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Valentine’s Day means Groupon has to say it’s sorry

Groupon made fresh arrangements this weekend for consumers who were upset about a Valentine’s Day flower deal, the New York Post reported. The coupon site and FTD Group are offering refunds after getting complaints that …

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Group believes FCC regulations could negatively affect Iowans

A coalition representing Iowa’s independent telephone companies is voicing concern about how new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations proposed earlier this week could affect rural broadband access in Iowa.

The coalition, called the Iowa Independent …

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BOMA to present Catchfire analyst

Jarad Bernstein, a senior analyst with Catchfire Media LLC, will speak at the Building Owners and Managers Association of Iowa’s Feb. 15 luncheon at the Des Moines Botanical and Environmental Center, 909 Robert D. Ray …