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Tell your company’s story this holiday season

By Greg Dardis / Guest Column You can tell if you’re in for a good story by the very first sentence. “The night Max wore his...

The recipe for a happy holiday season

By Gale Mote / Guest Column It is that time of year – advertising blitzes and email overload, the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping...

Q&A: Nick Gerhart

Nick Gerhart, Iowa Insurance Commissioner By Dave DeWitte dave@corridorbusiness.com 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 dave@corridorbusiness.com CEDAR RAPIDS—The inaugural CBJ Workforce Awards recognized 12 employers for excellence in different...

Hit the emotional hot button for your brand

By Lynn Manternach / Guest Column We’d all like to believe we’re highly rational creatures, but it’s just not true. Practicality can play an important role...

How we remember(ed) Vietnam

By Joe Sheller / Guest Editorial I had planned to write this month about echoes of the protests at the University of Missouri, and how...

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 dave@corridorbusiness.com   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 dave@corridorbusiness.com   Proposed topsoil standards for developments in Cedar Rapids...

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