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Deere & Co. earnings report John Deere laid off

Deere CEO: Company positioned “well for future shifts” 

John Deere is reaping the harvest of the seeds it planted five years ago with its launch of a Smart Industrial strategy.  That was the message the Moline-based manufacturing giant and its Chairman and CEO John May shared Wednesday, Feb.…

QC Heart Walk needs your help

Minutes and seconds matter when someone is having a heart attack or stroke. Often, there…

Arconic’s private future

Anytime one of the region’s largest and most important businesses gets sold to a private…

Arconic Corp.

Vibrant branch in Bettendorf will add coffeehouse, kitchen

Vibrant is brewing up some changes with plans to convert its Bettendorf branch into a…

Vibrant Credit Union in Bettendorf

Report: QC’s commercial real estate ‘strong’ despite challenges

The Quad Cities business community got a snapshot look at the challenges, the bright spots…

Whitey’s shares 90th Birthday Party with generations of ‘co-owners’

As Whitey’s Ice Cream marks 90 years in business this week, the Tunberg family is…

Whitey's Ice Cream

Annual QC plant sale raises funds for diabetes research

Brightly colored geraniums, stunning Supertunias, pops of verbena. These flowers and others soon will fill…

plant sale

Editorial: Chicago’s broken olive branch to businesses

Many folks in downstate Illinois rightfully lament Chicago’s outsized influence in the state, especially its…

Brandon Johnson

Road work, detours create tough times for businesses at The Plex

“We’re open for business.” That’s the message Nora Loss, owner of Red’s Threads Athleisure Boutique…

Don’t be afraid of ChatGPT

ChatGPT has arrived, bringing artificial intelligence (AI) directly into the workplace, classroom and other parts…

Revv Aviation sends planes from QC to damaged flight school

A Kansas City-based flight school ravaged by a storm is back up and running thanks…

ATD Flight Systems

Pioneer company Good2Go grows in crowded food delivery space

Lisa Garman worked as a waitress while pursuing an acting career. Since she has been…

good2go

Public invited to help make Moline skatepark ‘wonderful’

The community will get its chance next week to share with world-class skatepark designers what…

Blue Spruce General Store finds recipe for success in Davenport

What do you get when you take a hands-on guy with an appetite for bread,…

Blue Spruce General Store

Dubuque reformers share anti-poverty roadmap with QC leaders

Quad Citians eager to learn more about Dubuque’s innovative plan to address, prevent and reduce…

Project NOW anti-poverty conference

Kent Pet Group launches $80M expansion in Muscatine 

MUSCATINE, Iowa – The cat litter business is strong and growing – so strong that…