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Medical cannabidiol dispensary approved for Iowa City

By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com Iowa Cannabis Co. East LLC has been approved to receive a medical cannabidiol license for Iowa City. The Iowa Department of Public...

Raytheon Technologies to cut more than 15,000 positions

By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com Collins Aerospace parent Raytheon Technologies will eliminate more than 15,000 positions across its commercial aerospace and administrative operations this year --...

Real Success with Nate Kaeding: Marty Lenss

Marty Lenss speaks to the CBJ's Economic Forecast Luncheon in January 2019, as part of a panel of local business leaders. PHOTO ADAM MOORE Sponsored...

Collins secures $103M contract for helicopter avionics 

The UH-60M helicopter. SOURCE WIKIPEDIA By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com Collins Aerospace, a unit of Raytheon Technologies, has been awarded a five-year, $103.5 million contract to produce...

Big Ten reverses decision, fall football will resume

Hawkeye football players taking the field in 2019. CREDIT KCRG-TV9 By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com University of Iowa athletics officials are hailing this morning’s Big Ten reversal...

New IowaWORKS app connects job seekers with services

By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com Iowa Workforce Development has announced the launch of the new IowaWORKS mobile application that expands work search services for Iowans. The mobile...

Iowa Leading Indicators Index shows increase in July

By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.ccom The Iowa Leading Indicators Index (ILII), used by state officials to forecast tax revenues, increased 0.1% to 103.3 in July 2020...

Rainer Blair named president, CEO of Danaher Corp.

Rainer Blair. CREDIT DANAHER By CBJ News Staff news@corridorbusiness.com Danaher Corp., the parent company of Coralville-based Integrated DNA Technologies, has named Rainer Blair as its new president...

Branstad stepping down as U.S. ambassador to China

Terry Branstad The U.S. Ambassador to China, Terry Branstad, is stepping down amid tensions with Beijing, news partner KCRG-TV9 reports. Mr. Branstad was Iowa’s longest serving...

2020’s Coolest Place to Work: Hands Up Communications

By Dave DeWitte dave@corridorbusiness.com A more diverse workplace than Hands Up Communications, named “Coolest of the Cool” in the CBJ’s 2020 Coolest Places to Work competition,...

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