CIRAS Digest: Friday, Jan. 30, 2015
Happy Friday. Incremental economic news today, plus a peek at overseas conditions and an assembly-line robot with a face.
Here’s what’s out there:
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CIRAS Digest: Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015
Happy Thursday. Technical difficulties made yesterday’s Digest impractical to deliver, but we’ll roll over some of Wednesday’s more interesting and less time-sensitive offerings into today’s editions.
So, assuming you already know about the gas tax (10-cent increase is possible) and the fed (interest rates unchanged for now), here are the most interesting things we’re seeing on the Newswire:
[Read More ...]CIRAS Digest: Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015
Happy Tuesday. We’ve got a little new news, a little reflection on the old news, and a little hamburger history.
Here we go:
[Read More ...]CIRAS Digest: Monday, Jan. 26, 2015
Happy Monday. Today, the Newswire offers some ISU alumni, plus a dash of economic optimism and a West Coast tome on why that’s incompatible with Republican politics.
For your information:
[Read More ...]Government Contracting: It’s not just a bidding thing
(ED. NOTE: CIRAS’ government contracting specialists try to offer their clients weekly tips for boosting business. This latest is from contracting specialist Beth White.)
Did You Know that there are a lot of ways to do business with an agency other than just waiting for a bid opportunity?
[Read More ...]CIRAS Digest: Friday, Jan. 23, 2015
Happy Friday. This digest was interrupted yesterday by a CIRAS staff meeting (plus a lack of much interesting to report). Today, we have a mix of bad news and hopeful optimism.
It starts with:
[Read More ...]CIRAS Digest: Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015
Happy Wednesday. President Obama may have won both of his elections, but he appears to have not yet won the hearts and minds of the manufacturing press – as judging by a roughly pessimistic tone we’re seeing to many of the post-State of the Union coverage.
We’ve got a few bright spots today, but also some bluntly worded gloom.
Here, my fellow Americans, is what you need to know:
[Read More ...]CIRAS Digest: Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015
Happy Tuesday. Today we bring you Iowa politics, California navel gazing and some skepticism of the state of the union.
In that order:
[Read More ...]CIRAS Digest: Friday, Jan. 16, 2015
Happy Friday, and good luck with your weekend. Virtually everything we’re reading today is looking forward to some point where we’re not desperately trying to get out of the office.
Here are the highlights:
[Read More ...]CIRAS Digest: Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015
Happy Thursday. As usual in the first quarter of Iowa’s calendar, our conversation is again dominated today by money and politics.
Here’s what’s going on as of now:
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