Business News

The Gazette’s Business Notes is a compendium of the week’s promotions, new hires, certifications, added business lines and business events, among other items, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and the rest of the Corridor.

The cooperative -- which serves more than 33,000 members in six counties -- will rebrand itself as Corridor Energy Cooperative to better reflect membership, the coop says.

This holiday season, anxiety and economic uncertainty—fueled by layoffs and government instability—have fundamentally changed consumer spending. Shoppers aren't just hunting for the cheapest deals, they're desperately searching for meaning, safety, and certainty.

Roughly 99 percent of both railroads’ shareholders voted to support the largest rail merger in history Friday, but the U.S. Surface Transportation Board still must approve it.

Simply NKD line of snacks will have less color but same taste, owner PepsiCo says.

The strike was intended to disrupt Starbucks' Red Cup Day, which is typically one of the company's busiest days of the year.

Trees Forever works with city officials in Des Moines and Dubuque to plant community orchards in public spaces.

“It’s everything you would find in a gourmet holiday gift basket or charcuterie board,” ABC Acres owner Abby Costello said.