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IowaBiz blog: Managing the ESOP benefit

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THE ELBERT FILES: A Canadian influence, eh?

The cities of Des Moines and Winnipeg rarely appear in the same sentence, unless you happen to be talking with Des Moines architect Greg Wattier or his client, auctioneer Mark Buleziuk.

Buleziuk heads a Canadian …

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IowaBiz blog: Burned out?

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IowaBiz blog: What does it mean to “be social?”

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The Elbert Files: Peregrine problem: Regulatory structure

The failure of Russell Wasendorf’s Cedar Falls-based Peregrine Financial Group Inc. is a disgrace of shameful proportions.

The $200 million missing from Peregrine is far less than the billons lost (or taken) by Bernie Madoff, …

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GUEST OPINION: What’s luck got to do with it?

I was one of 1,400 people who had the chance to hear Jim Collins’ talk about his book “Great by Choice” at the Iowa Association of Business and Industry’s 2012 conference in June. I was …

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IowaBiz blog: Who is the average QR code user? You might be surprised

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THE ELBERT FILES: Lessons from Lyndon

Volume four of Robert Caro’s planned five-volume biography of Lyndon B. Johnson is, at times, as interesting for the light it sheds on current politics as for what it says about our 36th president.

Johnson, …

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GUEST OPINION: Are you prepared to stay in business?

Imagine stepping into your store, or restaurant, or the office where you run your business a day or two after a tornado has passed, or floodwaters have receded. Unfortunately for thousands of business owners across …

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IowaBiz blog: Transition teams