Opinion

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IowaBiz Blog: Adding a full-time lawyer: Part 1- Finding the one

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IowaBiz Blog: Who’s driving your bus?

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IowaBiz Blog: Square peg, round hole

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IowaBiz Blog: Don’t act on your assumptions

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OUR VIEW: Melting pot needs stirring


America is supposed to be a melting pot, but the ingredients aren’t mixing very well these days. We have the 1 percent crowd, the 99 percenters and the 53 percenters, along with two major political …

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GUEST OPINION: More to job creation than taxes


Those who seek our votes like to promise they can bring manufacturing jobs back to America. Just cut taxes and put up a few trade barriers, they say, and watch the blue-collar jobs grow.

But …

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TRANSITIONS: Helpful start-up hints


The conventional wisdom is that if you can’t find a job in these difficult times, you should just start a business. Sounds simple enough. Although now that I think about it, I’m not sure where …

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IowaBiz Blog: Providing great service can be its own reward

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IowaBiz Blog: Two months left to control your 2011 tax destiny

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OUR VIEW: It’s the era of fixing bridges


A recent report on the nation’s bridges is a reminder that we’re entering a new phase in Central Iowa development. It was fun watching the showplaces take shape, but the backhoes and barriers in the …