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Flooding in Fargo eases but winter storm moves inJust as the Red River began retreating from Fargo's hastily fortified sandbag levees, the city's tired residents stared down a winter storm Monday expected to bring a half-foot of snow, powerful gusts and wind-whipped waves. The snowfall itself was not...
SF Gate Monday, March 30, 2009Treasury secretary: We've done a lot in 8 weeksHis popularity on Capitol Hill has waxed and waned, but for Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner it's all part of traveling the bumpy, potholed road toward economic recovery. "We were going to have to do things that are going to be deeply unpopular, hard to...
SF Gate Monday, March 30, 2009White House questions viability of GM, ChryslerNeither General Motors nor Chrysler submitted acceptable plans to receive more federal bailout money, the Obama administration said as it set the stage for a crisis in Detroit that would dramatically reshape the nation's auto industry. The White House pushed...
SF Gate Monday, March 30, 2009Colleges Work Harder To Lure New StudentsA down economy usually means a bump in enrollment at colleges and universities: Applications tend to go up as job prospects go down. But in this recession, private colleges especially are finding themselves working harder to fill freshman classes.
NPR Monday, March 30, 2009Bend's High-Flying Economy Takes A Nose DiveTwo years ago, the jobless rate in Bend, Ore., was at a record low, thanks to urban refugees drawn by the region's scenery and recreation. Now unemployment is at an all-time high, and workers are heading back to school to learn new skills in hopes that new jobs will appear.
NPR Monday, March 30, 2009Cigar-Makers Up In Arms Over Tax IncreaseOn April 1, the largest single increase in the federal tobacco tax will take effect. Cigarette taxes will go from 39 cents to $1.01, while the tax on cigars will go from 5 to 40 cents per cigar. In Tampa, Fla., once called the "cigar capital of the world," cigar-makers say the increase will be devastating to the industry.
NPR Monday, March 30, 2009GM, Peugeot CEOs forced out as auto woes deepenWASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - The Obama administration seized the wheel of the failing U.S. auto industry on Monday, forcing out General Motors Corp's CEO, pushing Chrysler LLC toward a merger and threatening bankruptcy for both.
Reuters Monday, March 30, 2009U.S. stock futures signal losses on automaker woesPARIS (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures pointed to losses on Monday on worries over the troubled auto sector after Washington's rejection of viability plans from General Motors and Chrysler.
Reuters Monday, March 30, 2009Five for the future: Minnesota's emerging industriesAs Minnesota's medical device industry matures, state and industry officials worry what new technologies are in the pipeline. Here is a closer look at some promising possibilities.
Star Tribune Monday, March 30, 2009Planning can lower the big bumpsStarting a business, whether by desire or necessity, requires a plan. Help is available for writing one a good one.
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