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NOTEBOOK: Did you know?

Most retail sales — 90 percent  — happen at physical stores, but that share is falling, Bloomberg reports. You guessed it, the shift is toward online. And when we say online, we mean largely to …

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NOTEBOOK: You’ll have to wait out the new tax deduction limits

For all of you who ended up losers by way of the new tax bill, take heed: It’s not forever. Corporate tax rates were changed forever. Personal tax deductions and changes not so—they are temporary …

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NOTEBOOK: New tax law could influence car-buying decisions

The new tax bill has some good news and some so-so news for car buyers, depending on how you buy the car.

For starters, the law limits to $10,000 the combined amount from state property …

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NOTEBOOK: New airport eateries off to slow start

Despite steadily growing passenger traffic, Des Moines International Airport’s new bars and restaurants have missed their revenue projections by 8 percent in the first few months, airport officials said. 

That said, those businesses have topped …

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NOTEBOOK: Walton Foundation aims to improve Iowa waterways

Moira Mcdonald, senior program officer for the Walton Family Foundation’s Freshwater Conservation Initiative, stopped by Java Joe’s on Fourth Street a few weeks ago to talk to me about Walton’s water work.

There were a …

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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.

Reynolds: ‘Build on positives’
Gov. Kim Reynolds made her first appearance at 1 Million Cups Des Moines, encouraging entrepreneurs to …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the March 23 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the March 23 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 – One Good Read: Software, scheming and Bigfoot: Peek behind the lottery fraud

The road to lottery fraud faltered during a Bigfoot hunt. Truly. The story of Eddie Tipton’s $24 million scheme stands out because of the improbability of everything that happened — from the hiring of Tipton as a …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: R.I.P., Stephen Hawking

We thought it was important, especially in our work to keep you informed about the world of innovation, to note the passing of passing of Stephen Hawking, quite possibly the greatest scientist of our time. CNN was …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the March 16 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the March 16 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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