Tales from the startup front
Jason Hall, founder of Moxie Solar, and Scott Ramspott, founder of Spotix, discuss lessons learned during An Entrepreneurial Forum. Marc Meyer, founder of Inteconnex,...
IC reps visit Belgium to push cycling bid
By Chase Castle
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Following this past weekend’s annual Jingle Cross race, the wheels are in motion for Iowa City to host a cycling World Cup,...
ISU’s manufacturing ambassador keeping busy in CR
David Freeman, Iowa State University's first Cedar Rapids liaison, stands with the tower grain bins and conveys of Quaker Oats in the background on...
Startup Weekend offers support, networking
Participants at Startup Weekend IC debate various business ideas during the Friday night session. PHOTO JONAH TERRY/SCULPT
By Nicholas Yanes
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IOWA CITY—Startup Weekends have become popular,...
Q&A: Nick Gerhart
Nick Gerhart, Iowa Insurance Commissioner
By Dave DeWitte
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Nick Gerhart was appointed insurance commissioner of Iowa effective Feb. 1, 2013 by Gov. Terry Branstad, succeeding Susan...
Honoring workforce innovation
CBJ’s inaugural Workforce Awards recognize 12 Corridor employers for efforts
By Dave DeWitte
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CEDAR RAPIDS—The inaugural CBJ Workforce Awards recognized 12 employers for excellence in different...
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...
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...