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News Oct. 24, 2014 6:00 am4000d ago
IOWA CITY – High school students from seven Eastern Iowa counties are getting hands-on experience in the fields of architecture, …
Companies Oct. 23, 2014 4:11 pm4000d ago
AEGON has reached an agreement to sell its Canadian life insurance operations to Wilton RE of Wilton, Conn., for $535.5 …
Companies Oct. 23, 2014 4:00 pm4000d ago
Nordstrom is hiring approximately 900 full- and part-time seasonal employees for its fulfillment center in southwest Cedar Rapids. The Seattle-based …
Business News Oct. 23, 2014 1:52 pm4000d ago
Sears Holdings is laying off at least 5,457 workers and closing more than 100 Kmart, Sears and Sears Auto Center …
Business News Oct. 22, 2014 5:55 pm4001d ago
NORTH LIBERTY – The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved a $14.7 million communications infrastructure loan for South Slope Cooperative Communications. …
News Oct. 22, 2014 1:37 pm4001d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Four businesses receiving Bravo awards Tuesday at the annual Good Morning Cedar Rapids breakfast credited their employees …
Business News Oct. 21, 2014 3:31 pm4002d ago
Iowa’s farmers took advantage of more than four days without rain to harvest more soybeans in the week that ended …
Employment Oct. 21, 2014 3:13 pm4002d ago
Unemployment increased last month in the Corridor and the state of Iowa despite a seasonal increase in education jobs. The …
Companies Oct. 20, 2014 6:25 pm4003d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – PepsiCo will not renew a logistics and warehousing contract with Worley Companies in Cedar Rapids, ending a …
Business News Oct. 12, 2014 1:00 am4012d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — When MidAmerican Aerospace executives were looking for a large, vacant building to house their expanding aircraft-parts business, …
Business News Oct. 9, 2014 2:52 pm4014d ago
Home prices rose in August in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and the state, but the pace of the gains continues …
Health Care and Medicine Oct. 9, 2014 2:33 pm4014d ago
For the approximately 506,348 Iowans enrolled in Medicare Part B, premiums and deductibles will remain unchanged in 2015, leaving more …
Business News Oct. 7, 2014 3:39 pm4016d ago
Iowa’s corn and soybean harvest is off to a very slow start due to wet weather in the week that …
Transportation Oct. 7, 2014 2:51 pm4016d ago
Beginning in December 2015, up to 1,000 truck drivers will have their logbooks and licenses inspected while moving at highway …
Business News Oct. 6, 2014 3:48 pm4017d ago
A new cellulosic ethanol plant under construction in Iowa will supply Procter & Gamble with part of the formula for …