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Wealth preservation in business and real estate
By Maurie Cashman | Guest Column
A majority of high net-worth families have built wealth through the ownership, growth and sale of mid-market businesses and...
Don’t fear the cloud – embrace it
By Jonathan Schmidt | Guest Column
Almost 38 years ago, I got my first computer – a Timex Sinclair 1000. Over the years, I moved...
Manufacturing in China – Yea or Nay
First, let’s all agree that if your invention, OEM part, Widget – or whatever your item – can be manufactured here in Iowa or...
Real Success with Nate Kaeding: David Sorg
David Sorg, at work in the OPN Architects studios. PHOTO OPN
Sponsored by MidWestOne Bank, this is the latest edition of the CBJ’s new podcast...
Fleet Farm charts a different path among big-boxes
Saying that snipping a ribbon to mark the opening of the company's Cedar Rapids store "just isn't Fleet Farm," company CEO Derick Prelle donned...
Inside the hacker’s mind
By Katharine Carlon
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Zach Zaffis may be a hacker, but he’s one who rides in wearing a white hat.
Mr. Zaffis spends his days attempting to...
P&G revisiting its relocation plans in Iowa City
Procter & Gamble, which announced in February 2018 it would cut 500 jobs from its 2200 Lower Muscatine Road facility, plans to hire 100...
UPS expanding presence at Eastern Iowa Airport
Framed by a historic UPS delivery van and a modern UPS delivery truck, UPS officials, Cedar Rapids leaders and Eastern Iowa Airport officials held...
Collins Aerospace leader seeks to calm merger jitters
Phil Jasper, president of Collins Aerospace's Mission Systems division.
By Dave DeWitte
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Collins Aerospace Mission Systems President Phil Jasper offered some words of reassurance about the...