Business
The latest business news from Northwest Montana and beyond. In-depth coverage of local enterprises, economic trends, market updates, and entrepreneurial success stories.
Oil prices keep swinging up and down, and so do stocks worldwide
Oil prices swung after a scare overnight where prices popped and then moderated, and the yo-yo moves kept stock ma…
Invention solves puzzling problem
Man's Puzzle Packer lets jigsaw fans go mobile
Ancient seeds, modern hope
Local farmers experiment with camelina crops
Excuses, excuses
Poor employees can make workplace life difficult
How to recruit and retail top-quality employees
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Banking on biomass
The Daily Inter Lake
We're No. 9: State climbs tax-climate index
Chamber of Commerce president says ranking shows Montana is a good place to do business
Happy together
Mortgage collective focusing on West for slow, steady growth
Unclaimed tax refunds await those who file past returns
Nearly $5,000 in unclaimed refunds are still waiting for Montana taxpayers to file federal income-tax returns for 2002.
Realty firm marks decades of growth
All it took was a case of the doldrums to start a legacy.
'Amazing snow' a skier's delight
Ski visits soar along with the snowpack
Heart of the matter
Polson on a mission to revitalize its downtown
Cherry growers hear mixed news about pests
The good news for fruit tree growers: the Montana Department of Agriculture didn't find any of the seven insects it looked for in its 2005 Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey.
Man follows brewing ambition
Brewmaster is the title commonly given a microbrewery's head brewer.
Film fading fast
Local labs increasing focus on digital photography
'Make things happen,' entrepreneur urges
Dream big, then get in the game.