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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Millennials catching up to boomers in super-rich stratosphere

It seems like everyone around me is getting younger, and now it looks like the super-rich are no exception. Millennials now make up nearly half of the U.S. households with assets worth more than $25 …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the March 22nd issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the March 15 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: Zuckerberg’s one hiring rule reframes the decision

Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg employ nearly 36,000 full-time individuals. Back in the good old days of 2015 — before Facebook was truly plunged into the spotlight with regards to election influence, privacy and other …

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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 on BusinessRecord.com

Stowe has cancer
Des Moines Water Works exec Bill Stowe reports that he has an aggressive form of …

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NOTEBOOK: Kansas City-St. Louis Hyperloop on a fast track?

It might sound a bit futuristic, but a few of our fellow Midwest cities are exploring a hyperloop. And not just in a “maybe someday” sort of way. From the Kansas City Star: “That 28-minute …

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NOTEBOOK: Rethinking sustainable global food

A new report provides increasing evidence that global food production and consumption will have to change quite dramatically for the world to be able to sustainably feed a global population of more than 10 billion …

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NOTEBOOK: Shelton brings ‘infants at work’ policy to Washington

Beth Shelton traveled to Washington, D.C., for a few days this month — her first trip. The invitation to see the capital city came as an opportunity for the CEO of Girl Scouts of Greater …

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NOTEBOOK: Shop cats keep watch over printing floor at LRI Graphics

At LRI Graphics in Grimes, the employees working the industrial printers are creating some of the largest graphics in Iowa ? covering walls and signs in stadiums, schools, furniture stores and more. Inside the lab, …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Kansas City-St. Louis Hyperloop on a fast track?

It might sound a bit futuristic, but a few of our fellow Midwest cities are exploring a hyperloop. And not just in a “maybe someday” sort of way. From the Kansas City Star: “That 28-minute …

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Wrong number won’t solve abundant potholes in Des Moines


BY KATE HAYDEN: There is a phone number where city complaints about potholes go to die, and it is insurance agent Josh Lafferty’s cellphone number, reports the Des Moines Register. This is a story to remind…
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