Julia Druckmiller
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Hit the emotional hot button for your brand
By Lynn Manternach / Guest Column
We’d all like to believe we’re highly rational creatures, but it’s just not true.
Practicality can play an important role...
How we remember(ed) Vietnam
By Joe Sheller / Guest Editorial
I had planned to write this month about echoes of the protests at the University of Missouri, and how...
FSB keeps it neighborly
Brothers Gene Neighbor, FSB president and CEO, Doug Neighbor, vice chairman, and Kent Neighbor, chairman, stand in the lobby of the bank's main branch...
Corridor community banks not ready for ‘endangered’ list
By Dave DeWitte
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Small community banks are hanging on in the Corridor, despite pressures ranging from regulatory overburden to intense price competition on loans from...
Builders question cost of proposed CR topsoil policy
Houses under development on the southwest side of Cedar Rapids, shown on a recent morning.
By Dave DeWitte
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Proposed topsoil standards for developments in Cedar Rapids...
How to use executive sessions
By Regenia Bailey / Guest Column
The executive session, or a meeting of the board without staff present, provides the opportunity for the board to...
How innovators trump innovations
By Jean Kruse / Guest Column
“Great business people are more important than great ideas,” wrote Jim Clifton, chairman and CEO of Gallup. Think about...
Predict the future with strategic planning
By Nancy Garberson / Guest Column
Any organization that wants sustained growth needs to conduct regular strategic planning. It’s often difficult to predict the future,...
Community Financial Corp. in bid to acquire Linn County State Bank
The Linn County State Bank branch at 1295 Blairs Ferry Road, Marion.
By Dave DeWitte
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Community Financial Corp. has signed an agreement to acquire Linn County...