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Stocks rise on Wall Street, remain on track for winning week

The benchmark S&P 500 rose 1% in midday trading on Friday, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq also gained ground. Technology and health care stocks had some of the strongest gains.

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Deficit figures set up competing visions from Biden and GOP

This fiscal year's budget deficit shrunk in half from last year, but the red ink soared on a monthly basis …

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US home sales fell in September for eighth straight month

The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that existing home sales fell 1.5% last month from August to a seasonally …

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Grant funding available to increase international sales for Montana’s small businesses

The federal funding, from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), will be administered through Export Montana’s State Trade Expansion Program …

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Flathead Business Watercooler

Business events, trainings and seminars

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Kalispell spa offers hydration and vitamin supplements through IV therapy

The midwest-based Live Hydration Spa, which began as a way to give people an option for hydration outside of a …

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Retail sales flat in September as inflation takes a bite

Retail sales were flat last month, down from a revised. 0.4% growth in August.

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Rough times ahead: Hurricane Ian batters SW Florida economy

As the winter months approach, business in southwestern Florida would have been starting to pick up.

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Bank CEOs increasingly turning pessimistic on economy

Following the short but potent pandemic recession in 2020, many bank CEOs have spent the past year and a half …

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Kroger seeks to create grocery giant in $20B Albertsons bid

Kroger on Friday bid $20 billion for Albertsons Companies Inc., or $34.10 per share.

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Judge overturns Great Falls’ marijuana dispensary ban

A Cascade County District Court judge has overturned a municipal prohibition on cannabis dispensaries in Great Falls and ordered local …

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Underfunded states to get boost in high-tech research money

The law authorized $102 billion over five years for the National Science Foundation.

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Labor proposal could upend rules for gig workers, companies

The department said Tuesday that misclassifying workers as independent contractors denies those workers protections under federal labor standards, promotes wage …

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Honda, LG to build $3.5B battery plant, hire 2,200 in Ohio

The company also plans to invest $700 million and add 300 jobs at three of its own Ohio factories to …

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Small business group files suit over Biden student loan plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — A small-business advocacy group has filed a new lawsuit seeking to block the Biden administration's efforts to …

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