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The Downtown Dish: Business and spelling lessons with Niki Neems
On this episode, hosts Anna and Charlie sit down for a conversation with Niki Neems, Owner of r.s.v.p., the popular boutique paper product shop in Iowa City. Niki shares business insights that blow Charlie’s mind, the story behind her longstanding…
Restaurant Association says industry on ‘precipice of collapse’
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] The Iowa Restaurant Association has released dire statewide numbers indicating…
Unemployment claims in Iowa still high, but falling
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Iowa Workforce Development reports 27,912 initial unemployment insurance claims were…
EntreFEST going virtual for 2020
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] EntreFEST, June’s two-day conference celebrating entrepreneurship and innovation, has announced…
Amergint reaches deal to buy Raytheon optics business
Raytheon Technologies is developing a wide range of space-based sensors for missile warning. CREDIT RAYTHEON…
Iowa unions want better COVID-19 protection
The Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo. CREDIT KCRG-TV9 By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Unions…
Inside Iowa’s grassroots campaign to produce PPE
Engineered Plastic Components began producing FDA-compliant face shields at its Grinnell facility on April 3…
Raytheon Technologies lifts off with plenty to prove
By Dave DeWitte [email protected] Raytheon Technologies will have some big commitments to live up to…
P&G sees sales jump as consumers stock up
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Sales surged at consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble in…
Corridor business owners question process for Iowa relief program
Jon Sewell, owner of Iowa City’s D.P. Dough and chairman of CHOMP Food Delivery Services,…
Iowa banks handled $3.7B in PPP loans in first week
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Iowa banks helped approve nearly $3.75 billion in loans through…
Diversity Straight Up: The power of a seat at the table
In the latest (remote) episode of the CBJ podcast, “Diversity Straight Up,” hosts Sarika Bhakta…
Hawkeye Hotels offers discounts for health care workers
The Fairfield Inn & Suites Coralville, owned and operated by Hawkeye Hotels, on a recent…
Raytheon Technologies announces furloughs, salary cuts
A sign outside Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT KCRG-TV9 By CBJ News Staff…
Moreland takes the helm at ICAD Group
Kate Moreland. CREDIT ICAD GROUP By CBJ News Staff [email protected] It’s official: After serving…
Small business owners worry PPP loans are not enough
By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Business owners sounded off about the need to continue supporting…
