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The Insider Notebook

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Some research insights from the next SEC chair

Somewhere along the way in my quest to keep up with the banking and financial services industry, I got on the MIT Sloan School of Management’s Thinking Forward email list. This week, they sent me …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Apollo CEO to step down after firm finds $158M in payments to Jeffrey Epstein

One of the world’s largest private equity firms, Apollo Global Management, found that its chairman and CEO, Leon Black, had paid convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein $158 million, which triggered an attempt to remove him …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Baby boomers are fastest-growing category of online shoppers

I can attest that those of us with more “life experience” are buying more online, but this story from the Washington Post helps back up my assertions. As more people have turned to the internet to buy …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Youth poet laureate overcame personal challenge to deliver speech

As I was watching the presidential inauguration on Wednesday, I particularly enjoyed hearing the youth poet laureate, Amanda Gorman, recite the poem that she had written for the occasion — “The Hill We Climb.” I …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Pandemic hasn’t caused people to drain retirement accounts

Last March, Congress allowed Americans to withdraw up to $100,000 from their individual retirement accounts without paying a penalty that typically applies to those under the age of 59 1/2. Fewer people than expected took …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Biden’s two-pronged attack on income inequality

President-elect Joe Biden wants the federal government to address income inequality by both redistributing more money to people at the bottom of the income ladder and by using policy to drive unemployment low enough to …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Latinos, Blacks charged more than twice as much in banking fees, survey finds

A new national survey conducted by Bankrate found that people of color pay more than twice the banking fees that white Americans pay, according to this NBC News report. When asked about fees such as ATM, …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Amazon is sparking a boom in air cargo construction

The past year has seen a drop in passenger airplane traffic as people stayed home to avoid spreading — or catching — COVID-19. And while hunkering down at home, people have been online buying myriad …

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A conversation on civility with Scott Raecker

  The storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and ensuing events are of deep civic importance and ultimately affect our economy and business climate. So while we are a business publication, the reality …

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NOTEBOOK: What are leaders taking into 2021?

This year, the unveiling for our Book of Lists publication looked a little different. It was hosted virtually from the Gerdin Business Building on Iowa State’s campus. And while different from the traditionally party-style event, it offered …