Monthly Archives: September 2020
Raytheon Technologies to cut more than 15,000 positions
By CBJ News Staff
news@corridorbusiness.com
Collins Aerospace parent Raytheon Technologies will eliminate more than 15,000 positions across its commercial aerospace and administrative operations this year --...
Real Success with Nate Kaeding: Marty Lenss
Marty Lenss speaks to the CBJ's Economic Forecast Luncheon in January 2019, as part of a panel of local business leaders. PHOTO ADAM MOORE
Sponsored...
Collins secures $103M contract for helicopter avionics
The UH-60M helicopter. SOURCE WIKIPEDIA
By CBJ News Staff
news@corridorbusiness.com
Collins Aerospace, a unit of Raytheon Technologies, has been awarded a five-year, $103.5 million contract to produce...
Big Ten reverses decision, fall football will resume
Hawkeye football players taking the field in 2019. CREDIT KCRG-TV9
By CBJ News Staff
news@corridorbusiness.com
University of Iowa athletics officials are hailing this morning’s Big Ten reversal...
New IowaWORKS app connects job seekers with services
By CBJ News Staff
news@corridorbusiness.com
Iowa Workforce Development has announced the launch of the new IowaWORKS mobile application that expands work search services for Iowans.
The mobile...
Iowa Leading Indicators Index shows increase in July
By CBJ News Staff
news@corridorbusiness.ccom
The Iowa Leading Indicators Index (ILII), used by state officials to forecast tax revenues, increased 0.1% to 103.3 in July 2020...
Rainer Blair named president, CEO of Danaher Corp.
Rainer Blair. CREDIT DANAHER
By CBJ News Staff
news@corridorbusiness.com
Danaher Corp., the parent company of Coralville-based Integrated DNA Technologies, has named Rainer Blair as its new president...
Branstad stepping down as U.S. ambassador to China
Terry Branstad
The U.S. Ambassador to China, Terry Branstad, is stepping down amid tensions with Beijing, news partner KCRG-TV9 reports. Mr. Branstad was Iowa’s longest serving...
2020’s Coolest Place to Work: Hands Up Communications
By Dave DeWitte
dave@corridorbusiness.com
A more diverse workplace than Hands Up Communications, named “Coolest of the Cool” in the CBJ’s 2020 Coolest Places to Work competition,...
Media lessons from the derecho
By Joe Coffey | The Fifth Estate
When you study each generation’s “where were you when” stories, like the JFK assassination or 9/11, you’ll notice...