| Iowa Business Briefs
The first in a series of Renew Rural Iowa Business Development seminars will be held 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday, at the Iowa Farm Bureau Auditorium in West Des Moines.
Renew Rural Iowa is designed to help existing and start-up businesses in communities with fewer than 30,000 people develop their businesses by education and mentoring.
Topics to be discussed include legal structures, accounting, banking and equity capitalization, marketing and financial and technical resources. .
Successful Breast-Feeding
Ask your doctor if your hospital has one. Or see a lactation consultant -- you can ask your doctor or the La Leche League for a referral. You should make these preparations before you'll be ready to breast-feed, Lebbing and Bonuck advised. Just a few sessions with a lactation consultant can pay off, Bonuck said. "You will understand the normal physiology of how the milk is produced," she said. The consultant, working with a doll, can help women practice the best positions to breast-feed and get comfortable with the concept. Be sure the hospital personnel know you want to breast-feed. "Make your wishes known," Bonuck said. "Some [hospitals] have cards that say, 'Breast-feed only.' " That reduces the risk of confusion and your baby mistakenly getting a bottle of formula, Bonuck said.
Hip-Hop Rumors: Is Kimora Preggers? Bottle Hits Pitbull! Timbaland ...
Damn! What is the hell is going on? I heard about 2,500 people packed club PLANETA in San Antonio, TX to see the one and only Pitbull. After the rapper gets about two songs into his concert, a bottle zips out from the crowd and busts Pitbull on the side of the head! The bottle didn't crack, but it did break the skin and Pitbull bled. A nurse taped him up and he kept performing for one song. There would be no full concert due to the bleeding. He was eventually taken away by the paramedics to get eight staples in his head. Pitbull told the crowd that said his fans pay his bills and he wasn't going let one hater spoil it for them. I heard roughly 80% of those I attendance were females. Foul! See the ignorant video below.
REMY MA CLASHES WITH DIRECTOR?
Remy Ma has been relatively low-key.
DuPont Acquires Chemtura Fluorine Chemicals Business
WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DuPont (NYSE: DD) today announced that it has completed its purchase of Chemtura Corporation's fluorine chemicals business. The move is part of DuPont's strategy to expand its fluorochemicals business offerings; enhance its presence in specialty businesses such as the fire extinguishants, pharmaceutical propellants and fluoro-intermediate markets; and leverage the assets and technologies included in the acquisition for the development of more sustainable fluorochemical materials, such as low global warming potential mobile air-conditioning fluids, foam expansion agents and refrigeration technologies. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition includes all of Chemtura's fluorine business, along with the fluorine chemicals production unit that is part of Chemtura's manufacturing site in El Dorado, Ark., which will be fully integrated into DuPont's operations.
Gizmo geeks find nirvana
It's here that the latest in bleeding-edge technology, gadgets and software gets its public coming-out party, spread across a mind-blowing 167,000 sq. metres of exhibit space in two massive convention centres. And what a party it is. Seeing everything that's on display at CES is nigh-on impossible, even over the show's four days. Still, we got to witness some pretty cool stuff before CES wrapped up yesterday, and it's too much to cram into just one gadgets page. So here's Part One of our roundup of some of the niftiest, craziest and otherwise memorable technology straight outta Vegas. Extracurricular activities not included. --- MICROSOFT SURFACE This wasn't the first time Microsoft's upcoming tabletop display technology was shown to the public, but it was definitely the first time we saw just how amazing Surface might be when it starts to arrive this year in hotels, retail stores and the like.
Freezing weather a hot time for furnace repairmen
Chances are it's coming from your poor overworked furnace in the utility room. Or it could be a loud sigh from the heating people in the Fox Valley -- who, after getting reacquainted with their families these last couple of moderate-temp days, must now go back into battle as winter returns with a vengeance. Fact is, we got spoiled. The past few winters have been unusually mild, which makes the current arctic blast like a, well, arctic blast of reality. Aurora, in particular, has sustained a string of sub-zero temperatures, including the day we hit 17 below and officially became the coldest place in the country. And no one is feeling the frigid effects more than businesses trying to keep up with the calls from us unfortunate schmucks who have awakened -- or arrived home from work -- to igloo-like conditions because the furnace is on the fritz.
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