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Broadband report is issued

Gov. Chet Culver and the Iowa Utilities Board have announced what they say is a major step forward in the Connect Iowa initiative. A new, 58-page assessment details current broadband availability and usage in the …

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Israeli company calls off Albaugh acquisition

Israel’s Makhteshim Agan Industries Ltd. (MA Industries) ended talks to acquire Ankeny-based Albaugh Inc. for about $1 billion, blaming findings during due diligence, Reuters reported this morning.

MA Industries said it halted negotiations “due to …

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Lightedge Solutions again one of 5,000 top companies

Des Moines-based Lightedge Solutions Inc. is listed on Inc. magazine’s list of the nation’s fastest-growing companies. This is the fourth consecutive year the company has made the Inc. 5000, which ranks companies by revenue growth. …

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Google picks up more pieces

Google Inc. has acquired Angstro, a start-up that sorts news and information across social networks like Facebook, a Google spokesman said. Palo Alto, Calif.-based Angstro has developed applications to find photos on Facebook, combine Caller …

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A Closer Look: Will Schroeder


What led you to this role with Kemin?

I got my Ph.D. because I enjoy doing research and that environment. (Ten years after launching Blue Sky Creamery), it got to the point where the technology …

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Social recruiting


Phil Harrington could easily have spent his entire career working as a successful financial services executive. But 13 years ago, when his teenage daughter wasn’t getting the career guidance she needed as she was entering …

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Dice Talent Network embraces social media tools


Technology and engineering professionals have a new way to connect with potential employers, through a social media-based product launched last month on Urbandale-based Dice.com.

Using the Dice Talent Network, each user of the jobs-board website …

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Pioneer opens crop research center in Ukraine

Pioneer Hi-Bred Ukraine announced the official opening of its now fully operational multi-crop research center in Lyubartsi, Ukraine. The Pioneer Lyubartsi Research Center will develop and test high-quality hybrid corn, sunflower and canola products for …

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Brand Chef and createWOWmedia merge

Two Greater Des Moines interactive marketing professionals, Andrew Clark and Doug Mitchell, have merged their respective firms, The Brand Chef and createWOWmedia, to launch createWOWmarketing LLC  http://www.createWOWmarketing. com. The new company will deliver complete online …

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GeoLearning ranking up

GeoLearning Inc. was named to Inc. 5000’s list of the fastest-growing private companies in America for the seventh consecutive year. The West Des Moines-based business was recognized for a 55 percent growth in revenue from …