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TRANSITIONS: … And the Yankees win


In my golden years, when youngsters seek out my wisdom and beg to hear about the historic moments I’ve experienced – the Iowa Writers’ Workshop is putting together a script, and the Des Moines Community …

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OUR VIEW: Workers need jobs – and skills


The federal government is scrambling to find a way to create jobs; Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has promised to create jobs; many business organizations want government to get out of the way so they can …

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IowaBiz Blog: Is your social media presence “perfessional?”

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IowaBiz Blog: Don’t flush that home office deduction

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IowaBiz Blog: Ah, the “good old days” of indoor air quality

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IowaBiz Blog: Marketing lessons from a Cy-Hawk

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IowaBiz Blog: Green business in the black – Part 2

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GUEST OPINION: It’s time to innovate, not cut jobs


By now, many of you have read that my alma mater, Cisco Systems Inc., has laid off more than 4,000 employees and is shedding businesses right and left in an effort to assuage investors.

This …

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TRANSITIONS: All winnowed out


Maybe all problems should be crated up and shipped to Ames. We zipped from 55 million registered Republicans down to three possible presidential nominees in much less time than it takes to determine the American …

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OUR VIEW: What we’re missing- grownups


Fortune magazine senior editor-at-large Allan Sloan has had enough. He has seen a lot in 40 years of writing about economic matters, but this summer he found himself “watching with increasing horror as market-illiterate know-nothings, …