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CNBC names Iowa 4th best state for business

By Lynda Waddington 7/23/09

Citing Iowa’s low unemployment rate and nearly nonexistent foreclosure crisis, analysts at CNBC announced today that the Hawkeye State has one of the best business climates in the nation.
In fact, the state’s first-place ranking in “cost of doing business” vaulted Iowa from ninth to fourth place overall in the business network’s national rankings for 2009.

Microsoft will delay Iowa data center

By Lynda Waddington 1/23/09

A proposed $500 million data center in West Des Moines has been placed on hold by Microsoft.

Clancey to Retire as Cedar Rapids Chamber President

By Lynda Waddington 5/9/08

Lee Clancey, current president and chief executive officer of the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, has announced that she will retire from that position, effective Sept. 1. Clancey was also the first woman elected as mayor in Cedar Rapids, a position she held for six years.
“I believe that women have the potential to be [...]

Fortune Magazine: Business Loves Hillary Clinton

By Douglas Burns 7/18/07

 Fortune Magazine's Nina Easton has an exhaustively reported piece this month showing that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is making major inroads with big business and landing some well-heeled supporters.
Corporate interests have long hedged their bets, but the former first lady who was demonized as something of baton-twirler for socialized medicine, is now assembling what [...]

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