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Vermeer Corporation team members pose with their Coolest Thing Made in Iowa trophy during the Iowa Association of Business & Industry (ABI) annual conference in Davenport. Front row, from left, are: Vermeer team members: Kent Thompson, R&D senior engineering manager; Stan Fynaardt, assembler III; Terry Patterson, assembler II; and Mindi Vanden Bosch, vice president of operations. Back row, from left, are: MidWestOne CEO Chip Reese and ABI President Mike Ralston. CREDIT IOWA ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

Coolest Thing Made in Iowa nominees announced

The Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) has announced the nominees for its 2025 Coolest Thing Made in Iowa contest. The annual competition, now in its second year, is sponsored by MidWestOne Bank and aims to showcase products manufactured…

Per Mar acquires Nebraska security provider

By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Per Mar Security Services, a Davenport-based provider of security solutions…

Per Mar Security Services vehicles

Poll: One in four small businesses on brink of closing

A chart showing the percentage of survey respondents by size category and length of time…

Raytheon Technologies launches to bleak backdrop

By CBJ News Staff [email protected] The new Raytheon Technologies Corp. launched today, giving Collins Aerospace…

Paycheck Protection Program opens for business

By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Nearly $350 billion in small business relief is set to…

SBA warns businesses of loan and grant fraud

By Katharine Carlon [email protected] With fear in the air and an information vacuum only feeding…

Iowa jobless claims set another weekly record

By CBJ News Staff [email protected] The number of new unemployment claims in Iowa during the…

Meet 2020’s Women of Influence

As the Corridor Business Journal prepped in January and February for our 16th edition of…

Conference Board offers three scenarios for economic recovery

By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Businesses should prepare for the possibility of a worst-case scenario…

Mercy Medical Center asks community to ‘mask up’

Mercy Medical Center staff show off their masks in a series of social media posts…

UI-ISU collaboration speeds COVID-19 testing at state lab

Staff work inside the State Hygienic Laboratory in Coralville in a file photo. The lab…

Bolstering your company’s viral response

By Dave DeWitte [email protected] Employers are digging in for a multitude of HR issues arising…

Iowa is a great place for your next warehouse

The state is well-positioned to offer space for a changing logistics world, according to the…

UTC-Raytheon merger to be final Friday

By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Raytheon and United Technologies Corp. will complete their merger this…

UTC-Raytheon merger to be final Friday

By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Raytheon and United Technologies Corp. will complete their merger this…

Small businesses relief on hold as details worked out

By CBJ News Staff [email protected] President Donald Trump signed the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief…