Aegon Global Services, parent company of Transamerica, filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, or WARN, listing saying it could eliminate up 55 Cedar Rapids positions by the end of this year.
The latest survey of business leaders by the Iowa Business Council shows “continued positive sentiment,” though IBC Executive Director Joe Murphy noted the results also reveal some signs of “trepidation.”
In keeping with a broader approach to recruiting tenants --- including a farm implement dealer and a child care center — Outlets Williamsburg has changed its name to Outlets and Marketplace Williamsburg.
A Tennessee-based company bought Iowa City Marketplace for $14.3 million. Businesses in the shopping center have shifted over the years, particularly with the center’s anchor stores.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture spent $7.4 billion in payments to farmers between 2017 and 2020 through two of its biggest conservation programs, but very little of that money went to practices that help fight climate change, according to a report from the Environmental Working Group.
Higher interest rates increase the cost of doing business, which leads to a slowdown in all aspects of business, including hiring, and sometimes leading to layoffs.
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.
Two decades of bacteria and algae have plagued Iowa beaches, leading to constant warnings. The Gazette and Investigate Midwest analyzed 20 years of beach monitoring data from the Iowa DNR. The results show that although individual locations show some progress, Iowa’s beaches overall show little to no improvement.
The Styling Station opened Oct. 1, 2018.
The Gazette toured Alliant’s English Farms Wind Farm to learn more about wind energy
A secretive group of large energy users -- which could include social media data centers, food processors, manufacturing plants and cryptocurrency mining sites -- said they should be able to buy electricity on the open market rather than from Iowa utilities
The states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina joined Arkansas in filing the lawsuit. Iowa has a Democratic attorney general, but the state's Republican governor, Kim Reynolds, signed on the state's behalf.
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