The Insider Notebook

Kevin Reynolds, husband of Gov. Kim Reynolds and Iowa history’s lone male first spouse, has another claim to fame. He’s been immortalized as a doll. 

This is a tradition in Iowa. To prove it, the …

Our friends at Robert Half tell us that 51 percent of senior managers across the country expect to give bigger bonuses than last year, and we aren’t talking about the Jelly of the Month Club …

Don and Margo Blumenthal are what you might call activist philanthropists. When they see a problem or an opportunity, often involving children or animals, they craft a solution. Consider:

Dogs: In a program funded by …

When Ambassador to China Terry Branstad appeared at a gathering of various China-related groups at the Des Moines Embassy Club Dec. 22, several audience members asked him about life in Beijing. Some of this thoughts: …

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

CRE provider closes abruptly
Kansas City, Mo.-based commercial real estate listing and research company Xceligent Inc. shuttered its operations, affecting …

Here’s a list of local people in the December 22 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 …

If you’re wondering what names you might toss around in the office in the next 20 years, we have a little bit of an idea.

Mercy Women & Infants’ Center has announced the top baby …

Here’s a little bit of retail trivia for you: How many stores are filling the Outlets of Des Moines, the 300,000-square-foot outlet center in Altoona that opened in October?
Lucky Brand Jeans will be No. …

Iowan native astronaut Peggy Whitson, 57, made it pretty clear she would like to fly to Mars someday. 

But she dropped a fact I hadn’t considered. Whitson said she can’t fly again under current regulations …