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Editorial: Mount Mercy’s merger with St. Ambrose advances
The idea of merging two businesses is often based on achieving more growth, reducing costs, increasing market share and diversifying operations. And, ideally the markets the two entities serve don’t overlap too much. This is much the same for merging…
Changing tide of capitalism
CBJ Editorial Over the past several years there has been a change by some of…

A big loss with Toyota Financial Services
CBJ Editorial The community will need to rely on its sunny disposition now that Toyota…

UIHC’s questionable NL hospital
CBJ Editorial One of the biggest economic advantages of the Corridor is our health care…
Listen to Janet Yellen
To best gauge how legislation might impact public policy, it is often useful to listen…
Big glass ceiling breaks
Two significant glass ceiling barriers were broken over the past several weeks. First, and most…
Helping CR businesses
While many communities do this, it was nevertheless nice to see the city of Cedar…
Learning from ICR’s failure
The joint economic development venture between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City was supposed to attract…
Downs, Hayworth land city leader awards
We have long thought that the Corridor is blessed with some of the best city…
Downs, Hayworth land city leader awards
We have long thought that the Corridor is blessed with some of the best city…
Job market gains a hopeful sign
While COVID-19 isn’t going away anytime soon, we are heartened that Iowa’s unemployment rate continues…