Cedar Rapids professionals rise in local finance and tech
Genevieve Johnson becomes IT manager at Design Engineers Cedar Rapids office. Calista Bergstrom starts as registered assistant at Compass Financial Partners in Cedar Rapids. Erin Christy of Choreo Advisors Cedar Rapids named Next Gen Rising Star by ThinkAdvisor Luminaries Award for under ten years in wealth management. Newsweek names Dupaco Community Credit Union a top US regional credit union for 2025. James Heires takes ownership of Air Quality Systems Cedar Rapids, offering indoor air quality solutions since 1989 including electronic air purifier sales and service.
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Air Quality Systems
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Venture School accepts applications for spring sessions state wide
The University of Iowa Venture School invites applications for spring classes statewide beginning the week of March 38. Sessions meet seven weeks one night weekly in hybrid or remote formats with a final Launch Day in the week of April 21. Cost is 299 per team, with a local entrepreneur as coach. Apply at ventureschool.com. SCORE hosts in person networking rounds Jan 23 in Cedar Rapids and Waterloo with breakfast and lunch sessions. email mark.hermann@scorevolunteer.org for details. Ernst names Boomerang Corp. of Jones County small business of the week as Iowa senator highlights local enterprises. Bryce Ricklefs expanded Ricklefs Excavating into wastewater, roadwork, and infrastructure since 1998.
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Venture School
Ventureschool.com
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Senate
Iowa
Editor's Note on Submitting New Hires and Meetings
The notice instructs submit new hires promotions and meetings by email to busir for internal processing and communication. It emphasizes using email for timely updates and record keeping within the organization.
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St Luke's unveils expanded vascular IR labs in Cedar Rapids
UnityPoint Health St Luke's Hospital hosts a Tuesday ribbon cutting for Phase 2 completion of a 25 million Heart and Vascular Expansion. The new vascular and IR labs add two labs with advanced imaging and allow more procedures, with a future third lab planned and a hybrid OR in Phase 3.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Luke’s
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Global growth stalls for poor nations per World Bank forecast
The World Bank foresees global expansion at 2.7 percent for 2025 and 2026, with developing nations bearing the growth burden. It notes weaker investment, rising trade barriers, and calls for reforms to attract private capital and improve education while the United States grows about 2.3 percent this year and remains faster than the Euro area.
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South Africa
Mexico
Romania
United States
U.S
Transamerica unveils youthful rebrand to target middle market
Perkins notes a two decade refresh and growth aim to lead life insurance and retirement products for middle income Americans. Fuller cites 68 million middle income households and LIMRA data on insurance need while noting reforms show early success with new policyholders averaging mid to late 30s.
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Will Fuller
Transamerica
Limra Insurance Barom
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Transamerica Institute
Polls cast doubt on Trump tackling prices in first year
AP NORC survey shows only about two in ten adults highly confident Trump can lower costs this year, with similar doubt on groceries housing and health care. About three in ten expect progress on jobs in 2025, while Republicans remain optimistic about a second term and Democrats more negative.
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