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Wall Street opening slightly higher after Monday's sell-off

Wall Street is opening slightly higher as markets recover from steep losses Monday. Most sectors are rising led by real estate and energy, and Big Tech stocks helped lift the S&P 500. Apple is up 1.6% and Amazon is up 2.2%. Investors have been spooked by a resurgence in coronavirus cases and new restrictions on business in parts of Europe and other countries. Heightened tensions between the U.S. and China have dulled technology stocks’ shine. European stocks clawed back some of their sharp losses after the U.K. announced restrictions on businesses that weren’t as extreme as some investors feared.

Consumers still want to get outdoors as temperatures plunge

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Over the summer, people looking to get out of the house snapped up boats, bicycles and patio furniture, figuring they were safer socializing and being active outdoors than inside. Now that temperatures are dropping, they’re buying snowshoes, skis, boots and winter coats, boosting the beleaguered retail sector.

Consumers still want to get outdoors as temperatures plunge

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Over the summer, people looking to get out of the house snapped up boats, bicycles and patio furniture, figuring they were safer socializing and being active outdoors than inside. Now that temperatures are dropping, they’re buying snowshoes, skis, boots and winter coats, boosting the beleaguered retail sector.

Consumers still want to get outdoors as temperatures plunge

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Over the summer, people looking to get out of the house snapped up boats, bicycles and patio furniture, figuring they were safer socializing and being active outdoors than inside. Now that temperatures are dropping, they’re buying snowshoes, skis, boots and winter coats, boosting the beleaguered retail sector.

Consumers still want to get outdoors as temperatures plunge

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Over the summer, people looking to get out of the house snapped up boats, bicycles and patio furniture, figuring they were safer socializing and being active outdoors than inside. Now that temperatures are dropping, they’re buying snowshoes, skis, boots and winter coats, boosting the beleaguered retail sector.

Jobless falls to 2-year low

Economy added 216,000 jobs last month

WASHINGTON - The unemployment rate fell to a two-year low of 8.8 percent in March, capping the strongest two months of hiring since before the recession began.

Business spending on capital goods rises

WASHINGTON - U.S. companies invested last month in computers, communications equipment and machinery, boosting capital goods orders for the third time in four months.

Business experience, childrens' futures motivate McGeachin

COEUR d’ALENE — After serving in the state House of Representatives for 10 years, in 2012 Janice McGeachin returned to the private sector in Idaho Falls. Along with her husband, she has spent the last six years managing a regional auto repair shop, a wholesale parts distribution company, a small machine shop, and opening an Idaho Falls pub and grill called The Celt.

Obama announces $33B in commitments for Africa

Bill would boost tourism marketing on reservations

Tourism is increasingly becoming big business in Montana, with visitors to the state accounting for a more than $5 billion economic impact in 2015, according to the most recent data compiled by the University of Montana. With that in mind, a Cut Bank lawmaker is also working to broaden the Treasure State’s appeal to include the cultural and recreational opportunities on its reservations.

Manufacturing growth hits lowest level in 2 years

WASHINGTON - Manufacturers had their weakest growth in two years in July, a sign that the economy could weaken this summer.

Frenchtown mill closure to hit hard

Smurfit-Stone Contaainer Corp. announced Monday that it will close its mill near Frenchtown at the end of the year, a move that is expected to have sweeping impacts on Montana’s forest products industry and other economic sectors.

Misinformation about trapping needs to stop

I’ve been an avid outdoorsman for more than 40 years — a hunter, fisherman, trapper and conservationist. I am proud of the work that like-minded folks have accomplished for wildlife and wildlife habitat. But I am saddened, too, that today I see so many of those accomplishments beginning to crumble, to be weakened and pulled apart by a small, misguided and misinformed sector of our society.

Mill closure impacts Montana forest products industry

Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. announced this week that it will close its mill near Frenchtown at the end of the year, a move that is expected to have sweeping impacts on Montana’s forest products industry and other economic sectors.

Rehberg talks about partisan divides

Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., fielded questions, comments and concerns about federal spending, deficits and conflicts with states Tuesday in Kalispell.

White to resign as undersheriff

Flathead County Undersheriff Jordan White is hanging up his badge to go to work in the private sector.

Vietnam ratifies trade deal with EU in boost for economy

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam ratified a landmark trade deal Monday with the European Union that is expected to energize the country’s manufacturing sector and exports, as it recovers from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Vietnam ratifies trade deal with EU in boost for economy

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam ratified a landmark trade deal Monday with the European Union that is expected to energize the country’s manufacturing sector and exports, as it recovers from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.