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Saturday mail delivery may end
 by Tim Kenyon
CORRIDOR - The U.S. Postal Service is trying to change its business model.
The organization is following the trend of businesses and government...
Trades unemployment surpasses 50 percent
by Tim Kenyon
CEDAR RAPIDSÂ - Unemployment ranging from 25 percent to more than 50 percent is an uncommon thing to hear about in the...
Cedar Rapids chamber rebranding under way
by Tim Kenyon
LINN COUNTY - An occasional makeover helps to refresh an organization’s marketing and attract new interest. Â
That’s the hope of the Cedar...
Economic expert: ‘We’re going to slog along for awhile’
by Gigi Wood
IOWA CITY - The recession is over, but it will be a longer recovery than usual.
Typically, either a recession or depression takes...
Bankers split on Move Your Money initiative’s benefits
by Gigi Wood and Tim Kenyon
CORRIDOR - Whether bank customers are actually moving their money locally is unknown.
What is clear is many Americans, including...
Prescription for change
 by Gigi Wood
IOWA CITY - A plan will now be drafted for proposed changes to the southeast side of Iowa City.
City staff has met...
Expert: Employees, employers key to health reform
 by Gigi Wood
IOWA CITY - It comes down to the individual and employer.
True health care reform will not come from the federal government, it...
Control, influence and manipulation
John Langhorne/Tree Full of Owls
Recently, a friend who had bounced through several poor jobs and finally landed in an excellent work environment raved about...
Chugging along
by Tim Kenyon
IOWA - The Iowa Northern and Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway Co. (CRANDIC) rail lines are eager for better times after...
When the temperature rises, the light dims
John Langhorne/Tree Full of Owls
Recently, a colleague mentioned that his teen-age daughter just obtained her driver’s license and promptly had a fender bender in...