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The Weitz Company’s Martling joins the Iowa Business Council

Leonard Martling, president and CEO of The Weitz Company, has joined the Iowa Business Council (IBC), made up of top executives from 21 of Iowa’s largest employers, the three Regent universities and Iowa’s largest banking …
By BPC Staff | Sep 21, 2010
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Give Back Des Moines to hold grant reception

Give Back Des Moines will host a grant reception at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines. Give Back Des Moines is a community campaign with a goal to raise awareness …
By BPC Staff | Sep 21, 2010
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Recession is long over, group says

The longest U.S. recession since the Great Depression ended in June 2009, lasting 18 months, Bloomberg reported today after a statement from the National Bureau of Economic Research, the accepted arbiter of when recessions start …
By BPC Staff | Sep 20, 2010
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Storey-Kenworthy nears acquisition of Waterloo company

Storey-Kenworthy Co., a Des Moines-based office interior and products company, has entered into a final agreement to acquire Matt Parrott and Sons Co., an office supply and printing company with headquarters in Waterloo and an …
By BPC Staff | Sep 20, 2010
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Sluggish recovery can’t cure unemployment woes

A U.S. recovery is under way but at such a moderate pace that painfully high unemployment rates will persist for some time, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said today. It said the damage …
By BPC Staff | Sep 20, 2010
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A Closer Look: Dawniece Trumbo


Tell me about Wildwood Hills.

The basic purpose of Wildwood Hills is strengthening the community and transforming lives through giving kids healing, hope and God’s unconditional love. At-risk youths are what we mainly focus on. …
By TODD RAZOR | Sep 18, 2010
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Rebuilding Together works to fix up homes


Rebuilding Together often draws comparisons with Habitat for Humanity, though it takes a slightly different approach.

Rather than building new homes, volunteers for the nonprofit organization improve existing homes.

“Our model is to keep home-owners …
By Kyle Oppenhuizen | Sep 18, 2010
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Grand View sees enrollment grow through sports


When leaders at Grand View University decided to try to find ways to increase enrollment at the university, they found a simple answer:

Focus on athletic programs.

The school’s football and wrestling teams have grown …
By Kyle Oppenhuizen | Sep 18, 2010
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Pakistan flood victims need our help


Imagine you’re a farmer in a rural Pakistani village, barely making enough to support your six children living in a one-room mud house. Your only possessions are a small piece of land, a few hens, …
By Mashal Husain | Sep 18, 2010
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Speakers seek ways to ‘Ignite Des Moines’


Eight scheduled speakers shared their passions, and then 11 people stepped forward from the audience, one by one, to do the same in a lively “Ignite Des Moines” event Sept. 14.

The “ignite” concept surfaced …
By JIM POLLOCK | Sep 18, 2010