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Pilates studio focuses on helping clients tune in to their bodies
Over the years, Jennie Johnson has taught pilates, TRX, and barre, and has her degree in health and human performa…
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
MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer
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.
Job market is humming, but layoffs are still happening in a shifting economic environment
The U.S. economy is humming and there are hundreds of thousands of jobs being added every month. In a stunning burst of hiring to start the year, the nation ad…
McDonald's sales growth slows with mideast war hurting results
McDonald's Corp.'s sales missed investor expectations in the fourth quarter as growth decelerated, hurt in part by the war in the Middle East.
Storage unit users are getting younger as memories — and junk —accumulate
Travis Willoughby is wrestling with what to do with the belongings he and his brother, Davis, have accumulated that fill a 10-by-10 storage unit along Dallas' …
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New bike shop opens in downtown Columbia Falls
“I had a shop on my property and I just started telling some friends that I was working on bikes and it started slowly that way,” he said.