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The Insider Notebook

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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.

Urbandale advances
The newly named Urban Loop has logged eight new projects. Learn more 

First Fleet, People’s to …

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NOTEBOOK: Numbers show ‘Hamilton’ didn’t miss its shot in D.M.

The three-week run of the blockbuster musical “Hamilton” in Greater Des Moines ended last weekend. If you missed the Alexander Hamilton vs. Aaron Burr tale, you certainly had to notice the extra activity in downtown …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the July 20 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the July 20 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: Smart way to manage cash safely

In these heady up-and-down market days, it could be wise to keep some cash set aside. But then what? Do you just expose a $1 million deposit at one financial institution to risk because federal …

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NOTEBOOK: Microfiction Mondays offer new twist on oft-ignored push alerts

The literary-minded among us have heard that urban legend of Ernest Hemingway’s shortest story ever told: “For sale, Baby shoes, Never Worn.”

In college, I had a literature professor riff short stories on Twitter, 120-character …

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NOTEBOOK: Byers: Let’s keep Ray’s legacy of welcoming immigrants alive

As I was meeting with Greg Edwards and Jay Byers recently for an interview, I asked them how they remembered former Gov. Robert Ray, who died July 8. 

Edwards, president of Catch Des Moines, recalled …

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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.

Airport records
The Des Moines airport hit a record in June — the highest number of monthly passengers …

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High school broadens recognition from college athletes to trade industry hires

Public officials are widening their scope from celebrating college athlete contracts to including seniors moving straight from high school to a trade career after graduation. Henrico County, Va., held its first “Career and Technical Letter of …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: How innovation helped save Detroit

Having lived through the Great Recession 10 years ago in Des Moines, it feels like the following sentence from a CNN story could substitute “Detroit” for “Des Moines.” CNN Money writes: “Just five years after Detroit was …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Trade war fallout: Soybean prices plunge to a 10-year low

We’ve covered the importance of trade to Iowa in the last few months, including a piece by Managing Editor Perry Beeman that highlighted Iowa’s strong trade ties to China (where former Gov. Terry Branstad is the ambassador) …