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George C. Ford
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Business News Feb. 20, 2020 7:49 am2053d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Twenty-two years after they founded Informatics, Frank and Maureen Osako are turning over the leadership of the …
Business News Feb. 3, 2020 12:34 pm2070d ago
Despite billions of dollars in federal financial help, farm bankruptcies rose nearly 20 percent in 2019 as 595 family farms …
Business News Jan. 31, 2020 5:43 pm2073d ago
Iowa payroll jobs dropped for the second straight month in December and the unemployment rate rose to 2.7 percent from …
Health & Wellness Jan. 29, 2020 9:30 am2075d ago
When was the last time you read the discharge paperwork you received after a visit to your doctor’s office or …
Business News Jan. 24, 2020 7:30 am2080d ago
When Joyce Ayaribire, a clinical technician at Inova Hospital and single mother of two boys, wanted to leave her Alexandria, …
Business News Jan. 21, 2020 6:46 pm2083d ago
While federal subsidy payments have helped the overall Midwest rural economy improve, a survey of bank chief executives found continuing …
Business News Jan. 17, 2020 9:00 am2087d ago
Providing lighting, sound and other technical services for political campaign events – especially leading up to the Iowa caucuses Feb. …
Business News Jan. 9, 2020 4:14 pm2095d ago
RELCO Locomotives, a suburban Chicago-based company with engineering and support services in Cedar Rapids, has agreed to be purchased by …
Business News Dec. 31, 2019 12:07 pm2104d ago
Getting a boost from federal agriculture crop support payments and slightly higher grain prices, a rural economy index for Iowa …
Business News Dec. 27, 2019 2:38 pm2108d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Construction is expected to begin in spring 2020 on the final buildings in the Fountains, a $35 …
Business News Dec. 12, 2019 7:17 pm2123d ago
Despite lower commodity prices and demand, delayed planting and higher farm bankruptcies, an Iowa State University survey shows an average …
Business News Dec. 9, 2019 11:26 am2126d ago
Construction has begun on the Villas at Stoney Point Independent Living community, a $25 million, 99-unit project in southwest Cedar …
Business News Dec. 5, 2019 12:09 pm2130d ago
A mid-November survey of supply managers in Iowa and eight other Midwestern states found 60 percent of respondents support continued, …
Business News Dec. 4, 2019 4:43 pm2131d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Saucy Focaccia, a family-owned burger and sandwich restaurant in the Fountains, is planning a second location at …
Business News Dec. 4, 2019 11:22 am2131d ago
Iowa banks increased lending in the third quarter that ended Sept. 30. But that came at the same time the …