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Fed's preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures stayed elevated last month
WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of inflation closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained uncomfortably high in Mar…
Biden admin providing $1.5 billion to GlobalFoundries to make computer chips in New York and Vermont
The Biden administration says that the government would provide $1.5 billion to the computer chip company GlobalFoundries to expand its domestic production in …
U.S. lawmakers raise concern about failure to compete with China in biotech
U.S. lawmakers are raising alarms about what they see as America's failure to compete with China in biotechnology.
Workers at Fort Worth Molson Coors brewery go on strike
About 420 workers at one of the biggest breweries in the United States, Molson Coors’ Fort Worth facility, went on strike starting on Saturday over pay and oth…
Entrepreneurs find fortune in gold prospecting equipment
David Bjelland sat transfixed in front of the TV screen, cake in hand, shooing off his relatives as they tried to wish him a happy birthday.
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Stockman Bank looks to acquire Rocky Mountain Bank branches
Stockman Bank plans to acquire three of HTLF Bank’s Rocky Mountain Bank division branches located in Kalispell, Bigfork and Plains.
Stock market today: Wall Street hangs near records ahead of inflation report
The S&P 500 slipped 4.77 points, or 0.1%, to 5,021.84 after closing Friday above the 5,000 level for the first time. Most of the stocks in the index rose, but losses for Microsoft and other tech companies weighed o…
Record cocoa prices heading into Valentine's Day proves to be a headache for sweets king Hershey
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Recession risks are fading, business economists say, but political tensions pose threat to economy
Just a quarter of business economists and analysts expect the United States to fall into recession this year. And any downturn would likely result from an exte…
Adult dancers in Washington state want a strippers' bill of rights
The bills are the culmination of six years of advocacy work by Strippers Are Workers, a dancer-led organization in Washington, in response to wide regulation g…
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Montana State offers incubator program partnered with startup experts
The Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship’s 406 Labs is accepting applications for its spring 2024 incubator.
Embroidery and screen printing business aims for growth after ownership change
Former owner Olivia Krause is used to the constant hum of the embroidery machines that fill the air in a newly rented building in Kalispell.
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Stock market today: Wall Street falls from its all-time high as cuts to rates look further off
U.S. stocks are falling Monday as Wall Street pushes out forecasts for when interest rates will start easing from the strictest levels in two decades.