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NOTEBOOK: Vilsack: More women in farming

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with young farmers and ranchers in Ames on Wednesday as part of a whirlwind stop that also included his keynote address at a small-business innovation conference. Vilsack said he …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Aug 18, 2016
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NOTEBOOK: Moving ahead in Des Moines Market District

Just a week after the Des Moines City Council approved submitting a Market District site for development of a $130 million federal courthouse, another piece of potential development ground is for sale in the area.…
By KENT DARR | Aug 16, 2016
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NOTEBOOK: Of Boji, Boz and blue water

Last weekend’s Okoboji Blue Water Festival at the Iowa Great Lakes treated a huge crowd on a spectacularly nice weekend to table after table of information about how volunteers and their government and nonprofit organization…
By PERRY BEEMAN | Aug 15, 2016
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NOTEBOOK: Boomer mom confession: I created your millennial worker

One of the upsides of being a journalist is constantly learning new things. In working on our Aug. 12 Business Record cover story and video, I learned that many bosses consider millennials hard to manage.…
By ANNE CAROTHERS | Aug 15, 2016
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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the August 12 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the August 12 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 …
By CHRIS CONETZKEY | Aug 12, 2016
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NOTEBOOK: Tollakson steps into Windsor Heights sidewalk controversy, by chance

When Hubbell Realty CEO Rick Tollakson visited the Windsor Heights City Council to ask for support for a feasibility study on Central Iowa dam removal and river recreation improvements, he quickly figured out the audience …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Aug 11, 2016
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NOTEBOOK: Feds scrap annual dead zone measurement

Every year, environmentalists and agricultural leaders wait for the declaration of how big the so-called dead zone is in the Gulf of Mexico. Environmentalists use this information to call for greater action on reducing crop…
By PERRY BEEMAN | Aug 9, 2016
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NOTEBOOK: Why aren’t there more sellers in the M&A market?

Sellers are relatively scarce in the mergers and acquisitions market right now, and that’s causing the firms that are buying to become more aggressive in their tactics as they pursue deals, say regional M&A advisers.…
By JOE GARDYASZ | Aug 9, 2016
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NOTEBOOK: Trade assistance program scarcely used by Iowa manufacturers

Iowa manufacturers that are losing business to overseas competition can get some help to level the playing field through a program that’s now administered by the Mid-America Trade Adjustment Assistance Center at the University of Missouri Extension…
By JOE GARDYASZ | Aug 5, 2016
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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the August 5 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the August 5 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 …
By CHRIS CONETZKEY | Aug 5, 2016