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Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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A place to share your antique interests


Like other entrepreneurs of the Internet, Dave Briddle and Larry Gottula launched a business that has yet to present revenue opportunities. But they are convinced the dollars will come.

The business, iAntique.com, is a social …

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Pappajohn winners weather stormy economy


Shortly after Curt Carlson accepted the $25,000 first-place award in the John Pappajohn Iowa Business Plan Competition last year, he flew to Los Angeles to oversee the use of his company’s BodyViz software on the …

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Banks consider switch to iPhone

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is considering a change that would allow its employees to use iPhones for corporate e-mail, Bloomberg reported.

The shift would present an alternative to the BlackBerry, a Research in Motion Ltd. …

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Board approves funding for alternative energy project

The Iowa Power Fund Board approved funding for Fiberight-Blairstown Operating LLC to demonstrate how non-homogeneous municipal solid waste(MSW) can be converted into alternative energy. The project, which will cost a projected $7 million, received a …

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Hoover/Meredith schools set to break ground

Hoover High School and Meredith Middle School will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday for a $5 million expansion and renovation project. The project is highlighted by the Technology Learning Center, which will …

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Sauer-Danfoss reaches new credit agreement

Ames-based Sauer-Danfoss Inc. has entered into a new credit agreement with its majority stockholder, Danfoss A/S, which replaces a prior credit facility that was set to expire on April 29, 2011.   The new agreement, …

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Nominations open for Partners in Efficiency

The Iowa Business Council is accepting nominations for the Iowa Partners In Efficiency Award through Sept. 30. This award was established to recognize the employees or the work units in any political subdivision of local, …

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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. …