Specialty sports retailers stay busy year round in Iowa markets
Local shops Racquet Master, That Golf Place, and Revolutions Pro Shop keep gear and services active through all seasons. Craig Carney notes indoor tennis drives steady demand. Dan Cohen cites year round golf. Rob Aimers highlights new thumb inserts and scented bowling balls with in-store demos and on-site lessons.
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Craig Carney
Iowa City
Carney
University of Iowa
Dan Cohen
Williamsburg
Cohen
Cedar Rapids
Rob Aimers
Farm managers face diverse skills for modern large operations
Mike Duffy of Iowa State University notes labor savings push farms to grow larger not by efficiency but by economy. Debt is low and about 74 percent of Iowa farmland is debt free, while 40 percent is managed by professionals. Weir and Duffy describe required skills from marketing to regulatory know how and people management.
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Mike Duffy
Iowa State University
Iowa
U.S
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Duffy
Kirk Weih
Hertz Farm Management
Mount Vernon
Denver
Colo
Weich
Linn County
U S firms move to paid time off as alternative to separate sick leave
U S lag in PTO compared with other countries with 56 percent offering paid sick leave and many firms adopting flexible paid time off. Shive Hattery uses years of experience to set PTO, while Advantage Companies merges sick and vacation days into a single accrual system up to 160 hours with no use it or lose it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
U.S
Kueter
Shive-Hattery
Keuter
Advantage Companies
Cedar Rapids
Records Management Company
Jennifer Lawrence
Lawrence
Advantage
Predicting outcomes and the limits of data literacy
In a column by Michael Castranova The Gazette business editor the piece argues that predicting events is hard when odds seem 50 50 and people overestimate their skill. It notes recent unpredicted disasters and urges broader analysis across economics politics sports and climate science.
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Michael Chevy Castranova
The
Gazette
Michael. Castranova
Sourcemedia.net
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