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Iowa
Insurers Pledge
$60 Million for Venture Capital |
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|  Venture
capitalists in Iowa will soon reap the reward of a
reduction in the state's insurance premium tax. Some
of the state's largest insurers, under coordination
of the Federation of Iowa Insurers, have made a $60
million, five-year commitment to fund start-ups as
part of the agreement for the tax cut.
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Iowa
Training Facilities
Power Biotech Growth |
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| Life
sciences education is moving to center stage with
Iowa State University, the University of Iowa and
Indian Hills Community College playing major roles.
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Growing
Food Safety Demand Will Quadruple Employment at Iowa
Irradiation Plant |
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| Consumer
concern about food safety means increased business
for a Sioux City food irradiation plant. SureBeam,
America's largest food irradiator, expects its Sioux
City plant to quadruple its workforce within a year.
The largest of SureBeam's plants, the Sioux City facility
has 12 full- and part-time employees. Thanks to the
increasing volume of orders, that number will rise
to 50 in the next year.
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Colleges Get
High Marks |
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it comes to the nation's top MBA programs, the University
of Iowa (UI) consistently ranks among the best. The
UI Henry B. Tippie School of Management's MBA program
was recently ranked 35th among the 100 best full-time
MBA programs offered worldwide in Economist
magazine's new global ranking. The UI program placed
25th among MBA programs offered in the U.S.; Economist
magazine also ranked it one as of the top 10 public
U.S. universities.
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Iowa
Communities Enjoy Benefits of Booming Winnebago Business |
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New
Winnebago Industries manufacturing plants and partnerships
are bringing economic growth to northern Iowa. Construction
is underway on a new $12.5 million, 300-employee Winnebago
Industries plant in Charles City. The 200,000-square-foot
plant, expected to make a $28 million-per-year impact
on the community, is the third Winnebago plant to be
located in Charles City. When it opens next year, the
plant will increase Winnebago's production by 30 percent.
It will employ between 350 and 375 employees, which
more than doubles the company's work force in Charles
City.
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