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The Insider Notebook

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the November 18 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the November 18 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: Wells Fargo CEO’s Iowa ties

Perhaps Iowa will be seeing a bit more of the new Wells Fargo & Co. CEO, Tim Sloan. Sloan was in town on Nov. 10, and while addressing the crowd at the opening of the …

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NOTEBOOK: Airport authority celebrates 5th b-day in style

Kevin Foley had a nice birthday present ready for the Des Moines Airport Authority Board when it gathered Nov. 8. The independent authority, which runs Des Moines International Airport, celebrated five years of operation on …

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NOTEBOOK: Mainframe Studios construction begins with windows

Siobhan Spain was kind enough to take time out of helping create one of Des Moines’ most elaborate spaces for artists — the 164,000-square-foot Mainframe Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way — to join us for…
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NOTEBOOK: Wide traffic lanes are the “cigarettes of our era”

Pretty much everyone in town who likes the idea of making Greater Des Moines a more walkable place largely devoid of one-way streets that encourage speeding and confuse visitors was at a recent meeting launching …

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NOTEBOOK: Making the case for expanded inpatient rehab facilities

Here’s an interesting statistic: It’s estimated that more than 500 Iowa residents each year seek rehabilitation care outside the state after discharge from a hospital because there aren’t sufficient in-state facilities available.

That figure is …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the November 11 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the November 11 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: Trombino: ‘It was just time to move on’

Iowa Department of Transportation Director Paul Trombino said in an interview this afternoon that he wasn’t pushed out of his job.

He wasn’t in a snit over budget cuts. He wasn’t pressured by Gov. Terry …

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NOTEBOOK: Noodling around The Fifth

A few years ago, Justin Mandelbaum had his sights set on a development that included a movie theater, a bowling alley and other entertainment venues at a then-vacant lot at Fourth Street and Court Avenue.…
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NOTEBOOK: Election wisdom from A. Arthur Davis

As Greater Des Moines Partnership CEO Jay Byers wrapped up an investor event this morning at the downtown Embassy Club, he drew upon the wisdom of the late A. Arthur Davis to leave the audience …