Iowa aims to add 200000 jobs amid worker shortage
Debi Durham says reaching 200000 new jobs by 2016 will be hard without more residents. Iowa must grow its population as veterans and other workers are recruited from a downsizing U.S. military to satisfy Branstad’s target amid 704,000 net new jobs needed.
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Terry Branstad
Debi Durham
Durham
Iowa
Branstad
U.S
Tim Orr
Iowa National Guard
Orr
Iowa ranks 18th in on the job injuries in metalwork and care
The Gazette reports a study from Allsup using BLS data shows Iowa has 4.9 injuries per 100 full-time workers in metalworking machinery manufacturing and 4.6 injuries per 100 in nursing and residential care facilities. Expert notes back and musculoskeletal injuries dominate care work and CNAs face toughest lifting tasks.
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Iowa
Jeffrey Westpheling
UnityPoint Health
St. Luke’s
Cedar Rapids
Biofuels Gain Ground in Energy Sector Expansion
Dallas Morning News notes Darling International enters biofuels with Valero, starting up a 425 million Louisiana plant to convert animal fat into fuel. Biofuels now 25 30 percent of fats and oils sales and over 7 percent of U S transportation and heating fuel. Ethanol biodiesel rise as mandates push diversification beyond petroleum.
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Irving
Texas
Tom Cook
U.S
Congress
Ben Evans
National Biodiesel Board
Housing prices rise in Iowa and Corridor area
Average home prices in the Corridor and state climbed last month while sales fell from June 2012 levels. Cedar Rapids area homes sold 477, down from 511. average price rose to 180933 from 170133. Iowa City area sales 451, down from 455. average price 221935. Statewide sales 3746, down 7.3 percent from 4039. prices rose to 169648.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
U.S. charges six foreign nationals in major card hacking case
U.S. prosecutors indict six foreign nationals for payment card hacking that cost over 300 million dollars to U.S. and European firms. The case involves at least 160 million stolen credit and debit card numbers and targets firms including Citigroup Nasdaq Visa Jordan Carrefour J.C. Penney and JetBlue. Five men allegedly sold numbers to resellers then to cashers who encoded them onto cards. The indictments were described as the largest cyber fraud case in U.S. history.
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Newark
N.J
U.S
Citigroup Inc
Nasdaq Omx Group Inc
PNC Financial Services Group Inc
Visa Inc
Visa Jordan
Carrefour SA
J.C. Penney
JetBlue Airways
Paul Fishman
District of New Jersey
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National Renderers Association
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Arlington
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Iowa Association of Realtors
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