Tag: COVID-19
MEDCO launches loan program for businesses
By CBJ News Staff
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Marion Economic Development Corp. has partnered with three community banks to launch the Derecho Storm Business Recovery Loan Program. Initial lending partners...
Four lessons from coronavirus for improving work performance
By John Graham | Guest Column
“The comfort zone is the dead zone,” says Mike Manes, a business consultant in New Iberia, Louisiana. If we’ve...
A Big (Ten) loss
CBJ Editorial
First came the COVID-19 pandemic, then the destructive derecho storm, and now the loss of the University of Iowa’s fall football season.
“The mental...
Expanding entrepreneurship: Empower by GoDaddy going Corridor-wide
Jermaine Wilson prepares to hit the streets for his Jay's Water Ice business in Cedar Rapids on Aug. 7. PHOTO DAVE DEWITT
By Dave DeWitte
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Although...
Floral entrepreneur takes big risk on pandemic pivot
By Katharine Carlon
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Entrepreneur Allison Krivachek spent three years building her Tiffin-based floral operation from a one-woman shop into an Eastern Iowa wedding powerhouse, providing...
Affording Health: Promising solutions, but poor results
This five-part, subscribers-only series is exploring the crisis of health care affordability as it relates to employers and employees in the Corridor. This final...
Coe, UnityPoint Health partnering to test for COVID-19
By CBJ News Staff
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Coe College and UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids are partnering on COVID-19 testing as the fall semester opens.
The Cedar Rapids liberal...
UI athletic department expects to lose $100M in revenue
By CBJ News Staff
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The University of Iowa’s athletic department is anticipating lost revenue of at least $100 million and a university budget deficit of...
Heartland named Carrier of the Year by FedEx Express
A Heartland Express truck. FILE PHOTO
By CBJ News Staff
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Heartland Express has once again been named a Platinum Award Winner and Core Carrier of the...
ACT delays online test launch as headwinds mount
Months of COVID-19 related test date cancellations have frustrated students and parents as time ticks away for early decision and scholarship deadlines. CREDIT PIXABAY
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