Thanksgiving trumps Black Friday for deals

NEW YORK — Thanksgiving could be the best day to shop all year.

Across U.S., Black Friday less frenzied

NEW YORK (AP) — Black Friday seemed a little less crazy this year.

Taking the hassle out of eBay

So you've got an item you want to sell on eBay. You could take the time to photograph it, research the going price, set up the auction online and field questions from bidders.

Let's keep the miracle of capitalism

To experience a miracle all you need do is go to the grocery store. Here in the middle of winter and Montana you can buy fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, bread, fish and almost any kind of food item you can think of. Then you have drugs, beer and wine and way too many other things to list here. The same miracle can be experienced at other stores where you can buy a huge variety of items you want or need.

LETTER: Fighting slavery

We kids have two places in the world. Some are slaves and some are not. I hope we can help the slaves. A lot of the chocolate companies in the USA buy from people who use child slave labor. This Christmas we could buy chocolates from people that don’t take children as slaves. Try http://equalexchange.coop/. —

What causes inflation and why is it bad?

What is inflation? Well, most of us think of inflation as rising prices. And, indeed, prices do rise during an inflationary period, but the price of all goods and services do not usually rise at the same rate.

Cyber Monday deals lure in consumers amid high inflation

Cyber Monday is expected to remain the year's biggest online shopping day and rake in up to $11.6 billion in sales, according to Adobe Analytics, which tracks transactions at over 85 of the top 100 U.S. online stores.

5 steps to take when purchasing a car online

5 Steps to Take When Purchasing a Car Online

Unfair practices hurting Montana ranchers

In Montana, cattle outnumber people by nearly three to one, so it’s no wonder that Montana beef plays such a large role in our rich legacy of agriculture and our economy.

Furniture family

Couple expands company to its hometown

Midnight madness: Sleepless shoppers hit the stores

Doorbuster deals and earlier-than-usual store openings on Black Friday pushed the “shop till you drop” mantra to a whole new level in the Flathead Valley this year.

Q&A: What did the Fed do Monday and who will it help?

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve took several aggressive steps Monday to support an economy ravaged by the effects of the coronavirus. The amount of money involved is huge and the Fed's ambitions are vast: It wants to make loans available to companies and governments so they can pay bills and potentially avoid layoffs. It also committed to buy as much government debt and mortgage-backed securities it deems necessary to ensure those markets will function.

Residents buy mobile home park

The new owners of a mobile home park in Kalispell made history Friday when they formed a cooperative and bought the court where they live.

15th Annual Plein Air Glacier 2022

All new works created during the Hockaday Museum of Art’s Plein Air Glacier Paint Out, which took place Sept. 6 to 13, are now available to view and purchase through Oct. 15

Take a hilarious trip to the 'Wild West'

Bigfork Children’s Theatre presents ‘Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’

The Bigfork Playhouse Children’s Theatre stages the classic “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” on Dec. 9, 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18 at the Bigfork Center for the Performing Arts.

Long hours of shopping get longer

Retail marathon

The holiday shopping season started as a marathon, not a sprint.

Smaller food cos. get set for a high-priced holiday season

Small businesses that count on food-centric holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas are bracing for a difficult season.

Used-car prices slip from dizzy heights

For months, anyone who wandered onto a dealer lot to look for a used car could be forgiven for doing a double take — and then wandering right off the lot.

As small businesses raise prices, some customers push back

Inflation isn't only costing small businesses money. It's costing them customers as well. For much of the pandemic, small business customers were largely tolerant of price increases and kept on spending. Now, owners are seeing some pushback.