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On car lots today, haggling is a thing of the past, buyers are “preordering” vehicles or taking what they can get off the lot, and dealers are scrambling to find cars — new or used.

Hia Dog Boarding in Hiawatha offers doggy day care, overnight boarding, basic training, supervised swimming and more.

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 unemployment rate in Iowa fell sightly to 3.7 percent in November — from 3.9 percent in October — as jobs were added in food service, professional and business services, health care and construction.

The Cedar Rapids-based internet provider is expecting to have its fiber network available to all Iowa City residents by the end of 2022. Coralville residents can expect to have the network available to all by the end of 2023.

As the year ends, so are many of the funding programs that helped small businesses through the coronavirus pandemic.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose this past week despite signs that the U.S. labor market is rebounding from the coronavirus recession.

Having the ability to identify your goals in everyday life and creating a plan to achieve them will help determine if you’re ready to retire.