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EconTracker News
Wednesday business briefs
Posted 9:43 AM 5/23/2012 by KPAX News Staff
An early rally on Wall Street fizzled by the closing bell on Tuesday. Better than expected home sales initially sent stocks higher but they reversed course late in the day on news that Greece is considering leaving Europe's common currency.
The Dow Jones Industrials dipped more than a (More) • Video (1)
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Missoula County Coverage
Unions holding Missoula jobs conference
Posted 8:55 AM 5/22/2012 by Dennis Bragg (KPAX/KAJ Media Center)
MISSOULA- Montana union and economic leaders are gathered in Missoula for a two day conference reviewing the state's outlook for jobs, the economy and workforce training.
The Montana AFL-CIO is hosting the conference which is focusing on the "ebb and flow" of the state's economy and how (More)
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EconTracker News
Tuesday business briefs
Posted 8:32 AM 5/22/2012 by KPAX News Staff
Mark Zuckerberg's fortune just got a little smaller. Facebook's 28-year-old CEO lost more than $2 billion after his company's stock sank 11% in its second day of trading. Other Internet stocks fell in sympathy including Linkedin and Zynga. Facebook went public Friday in the biggest technology (More) • Video (1)
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Ravalli County Coverage
Mayor lauds return of Bitterroot rail service
Posted 8:59 AM 5/21/2012 by Robin O'Day (KPAX News)
STEVENSVILLE- A railway service has been restored in western Montana and many hope that with its return will also come financial opportunities.
The first Montana Rail Link train roared through the Bitterroot Valley on Saturday after having sat idle for almost a year and those who worked so (More) • Video (1)
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EconTracker News
Monday business briefs
Posted 8:39 AM 5/21/2012 by KPAX News Staff
Facebook will almost exactly where it started. The company went public on Friday with an offering price of $38 a share. It jumped at the open but then sank back to end the day just 23-cents higher than it opened. That surprised some investors who were expecting a big jump on the first day. That's (More) • Video (1)
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Special Assignment
Glacier National Park provides economic stimulus
Posted 7:38 AM 5/21/2012 by Dax VanFossen (KAJ News)
WEST GLACIER- The national economy may not be the best and the economy in the Flathead Valley is even worse, but the Flathead and Montana are about to get a big shot in the arm as Glacier National Park roars back to its summer life.
Glacier National Park presents majestic views such as the (More) • Video (1)
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EconTracker News
MT company boosts workforce to meet demand in Bakken
Posted 6:39 AM 5/21/2012 by David Jay (MTN - Billings)
BILLINGS- The Bakken oil boom has added thousands of oil jobs including some in Billings.
Sanjel in Billings provides drilling companies with coil tubing, fracturing and pump services and the company has trained about 1,200 workers since 2010, with about half of those go to work in the (More) • Video (1)
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EconTracker News
Canadian tourists boost Flathead economy
Posted 8:10 PM 5/20/2012 by Laura Wilson (KAJ News)
WHITEFISH- Summer tourist season in the Flathead Valley is just around the corner, but thousands of tourists from north of the border headed down for an early vacation this week.
All but one of the Canadian provinces will celebrate Victoria Day this coming Monday, which means a three-day (More) • Video (1)
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Ravalli County Coverage
Trains start rolling again in Ravalli County
Posted 7:26 PM 5/19/2012 by Robin O'Day (KPAX News)
STEVENSVILLE- The roar of a Montana Rail Link train can once again be heard throughout the Bitterroot Valley as the first train swept through western Montana Saturday morning after a one year hiatus.
Months of negotiations between MRL, local government leaders and Ravalli County businesses (More)
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Special Assignment
Coffee grounds lead to business, innovation for new Missoula company
Posted 10:28 AM 5/19/2012 by Dennis Bragg (KPAX News)
MISSOULA- The next time you drink that cup of coffee in Missoula you may be helping create a flavoring or fragrance someone will savor on the opposite side of the world. Reporter
Dennis Bragg headed behind-the-scenes at a new local company that's on the cutting edge of making money from (More) • Video (1)
