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Index shows Iowa business outlook negative 11:04 am

An index tracking the economic outlook of Iowa’s largest employers dropped dramatically, a new survey released today shows. More

Welders Mirsad Bacinovic, left, and Nijaz Kapetanovic use grinders on a walkway that they were building last week at LeMar Industries Corp. in Des Moines. Scott Martin, vice president of LeMar, said his company is seeing some strong sales from exports, which is helping as the economy slows, but also is seeing some uncertainty in getting paid. ANDREA MELENDEZ/THE REGISTER

Exporters face risks during global crisis

Last fall, Scott Martin and his family had 50 truckloads of fabricated steel taking up most of their north Des Moines factory, an impending deadline and orders that were backing up. More

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You should get to know ... W. Houston Dougharty

Vice president for student affairs, Grinnell College, Grinnell More

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Taxpayers on hook for loan to execs at Regency

Regency officials James Myers, Robert Myers, Richard Moffitt and John Gamble owe the state for a $448,000 loan obtained five years ago from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, according to documents and interviews obtained by the Des Moines Sunday Register. More

Law says we can cancel contracts, VeraSun says

VeraSun Energy has said in a filing in Delaware bankruptcy court that it has the right under bankruptcy law to reject farmers' forward corn contracts and that it intends to do so. More

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