State-owned Bank of ND makes record $81M profit
April 24, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
BISMARCK The state-owned Bank of North Dakota set a record last year with $81 million in profits. Continue Reading
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Gail Collins, New York, column: Life in Williston, home of the ‘other’ 1 percent
July 26, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Right now you are probably asking yourself: “What would it be like to live in a place with an unemployment rate of 1 percent?”
Me, too! So I went to Williston to find out. Continue Reading
OUR OPINION: Grand Forks could see opening of ‘new frontier’
July 19, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
If this growth to the west happens, then the coming of Walmart to Interstate 29 and Gateway Drive will be looked back on as a pivotal date. Continue Reading
Becky Ylitalo, Badger, Minn., column: Should song title be ‘America the Hypocritical’?
July 7, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Companies demand more and more out of us, placing unrealistic demands that ultimately hurt families at the core. Incomes drop as taxes and insurance premiums rise. Public education falters due to harsh state and federal mandates.
And as a result, middle-class Americans are the ones who suffer. Continue Reading
RALPH KINGSBURY: N.D. energy growth shows free market at work
May 18, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Keynesian economics made America the greatest power the world had ever seen. That was the conventional wisdom about 50 years ago. At that time, most students this writer included tended to accept the prevailing theories of every field of study. Keynes was right about anything dealing with economics; Freud was right about psychology, and so on. Continue Reading
Federal Reserve plans to forecast interest-rate changes four times per year
January 3, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
In a major shift, the Federal Reserve will start updating the public four times a year on how long it plans to keep short-term interest rates at record lows, according to minutes from its December policy meeting. The first forecast will be included in the central bank’s economic projections after its Jan. 24-25 meeting, the minutes said. Continue Reading
U study finds economic growth for Willmar, other outstate cities
January 2, 2012 in West Central Tribune
WILLMAR Willmar’s economy ranks closely behind significantly larger Greater Minnesota cities and lake country communities that count on tourism and recreation for a large part of their economy, according to a recently released study by the University of Minnesota.
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Slow day on the stock market
December 6, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
Stocks are closing narrowly mixed after a report that a second European bailout fund was being considered set off a brief, late-day rally. Continue Reading
Pierce County: Report aims for more efficient county
October 13, 2011 in River Falls Journal
Supervisor Rod Rommel might have said it best when describing county funding in today’s economic climate. Continue Reading
U of Minnesota: Congrats to former faculty on Nobel win
October 10, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
The University of Minnesota is congratulating two former teachers in its economics department for winning the 2011 Nobel prize for economics. Continue Reading
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