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NOTEBOOK: UK in a froth over beer rationing

Greater Des Moines leaders, including our friends at Catch Des Moines and the Greater Des Moines Partnership, are selling this area’s festivals, recreation trails, and, importantly, diverse and tasty microbrews. Perhaps we should praise our …

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NOTEBOOK: From teen mayor to leader of ABI

As a journalist, it’s nice when a surprise arrives, such as learning someone served in public office as a teenager. Several months ago, Association of Business and Industry President Mike Ralston kindly met for coffee …

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NOTEBOOK: Companies share lessons learned in making the world a better place

Eight Principal Financial Group employees recently returned from Pune, India, where rather than building wells or distributing food, they put their respective professional skills to work helping small and medium-sized businesses to expand their companies. …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Manufacturers grapple with how to improve economic fortunes

This Good Read starts out in a city in Ohio, but it may as well be looking at Iowa or Greater Des Moines. Low unemployment. High need for skilled workers. Business owners seeking ways to …

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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

Social action through art
Jordan Weber of Des Moines has landed a $20,000 international fellowship. Learn more

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NOTEBOOK: Iowan’s ’88 climate change warning called ‘remarkably prescient’

A soft-spoken scientist from Denison, Iowa, stood before a U.S. Senate committee on June 23, 1988, and said, “The greenhouse effect has been detected and is changing our climate now.”

As Saturday’s 30th anniversary of …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Health care’s appetite consuming state, local budgets

Health care spending, already one of the heftiest budget categories for most state and local governments, is going to take an increasingly bigger slice of the pie in coming years. Ultimately, that could be devastating …

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NOTEBOOK: Water trails plan gives fish their due

The good folks at Waterview Investments LLC, whoever they might be, probably have a grand scheme for a stretch of old railroad land near the confluence of the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers; chances are …

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NOTEBOOK: Mom among her mentors

Mentoring women was a big part of the conversation when the Business Record talked with Judy Downs, the executive director of Emerge Iowa, for a Closer Look article. Downs said she strives to serve as …

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NOTEBOOK: Hammes’ book on sustainability a primer at Iowa business schools

Des Moines author and sustainability expert Adam Hammes released his second book in January, and it’s already making a splash both in Iowa and nationally. The book, “Sustainable Business in Iowa: How Leading Companies Profit …