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The Insider Notebook

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Housing market slows, as rising prices outpace wages

Doesn’t the start of this story sound like it could be discussing Des Moines? “By nearly any measure, this city is booming. The unemployment rate is below 3 percent. There is so much construction that …

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NOTEBOOK: Is Sam Hoyle invasive?

I sat down with Andrea Woodard of the Greater Des Moines Partnership the other day to discuss her recent promotion, and her esteemed media-assisting colleague, “the Brit” Sam Hoyle, warmed a chair at the end …

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NOTEBOOK: Story behind ‘Monumental Journey’

Recently, I visited with Tim Hickman, principal at Substance Architecture. While there, I passed by smaller replicas of different projects the firm has worked on, including what I spied to be the recently installed “Monumental …

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NOTEBOOK: In case you missed it…

In case you missed it…
A brief look back at news from the past week on BusinessRecord.com.

Self defense
Two high-profile murder cases in Iowa resulted in an increase in requests for workplace classes on …

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NOTEBOOK: “There is something special about Des Moines.”

Data-cruncher and strategic planner James Chung, who appears as part of the Tomorrow Plan Speaker Series Oct. 4, marvels over how Greater Des Moines stands out by almost any measure his staff uses to compare …

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NOTEBOOK: Why trees matter in business

A few weeks ago, a press release hit the newsroom’s inbox about a Trees Forever event coming up. I didn’t know much about the organization, so I kept reading. And then I started an email …

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Worker shortage, Midwest entrepreneurism top Atlantic summit in East Village

The Atlantic magazine and Wells Fargo teamed to stage a full-morning discussion of the future of the Heartland at Curate, and it appeared if we can find workers, support immigration and fight off the erroneous…
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NOTEBOOK – One good Read: Companies where tomorrow’s graduates want to work

We’ve got a super-low unemployment rate. It’s a problem, business leaders tell me, as they are looking for educated, skilled and dedicated new workers. So anytime I see an article talking about younger workers, I’m …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the September 21 Issue

Here’s a list of local people in the September 21 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …

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NOTEBOOK: MBAs going pro

With the advent of distance learning, MBA degrees from many of the nation’s top universities are available online. Many feature at least some short residency on campus, and many others offer an offshore component to …

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