BUSINESS
Buffett’s biggest bet yet: $34 billion on BNSF
NEW YORK — The biggest name in investing is making what he calls an “all-in wager” on the U.S. economy — $34 billion to own a railroad that hauls everything from corn to cars across the country.
By Samantha Bomkamp , November 04, 2009
Geothermal firm helps warm a cool economy
APPLETON — Appleton is celebrating welcome news on the jobs front after learning that one of its homegrown manufacturing operations will soon be doubling its output and increasing employment.By Tom Cherveny , November 03, 2009
Business Briefs, Nov. 3
November 03, 2009
Survey: Midwest holiday sales slump expected
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Holiday shoppers could be in a bah-humbug kind of mood this year, according to a survey of business leaders and managers in nine Midwest and Plains states released Monday.By AP wire report , November 02, 2009
Oil trades below $79 as U.S. dollar strengthens
Oil prices fell to below $79 a barrel today as the strengthening U.S. dollar outweighed news that the U.S. economy grew again in the third quarter after contracting for a full year.By AP wire report , October 30, 2009
Bushmills Ethanol must pay $425,000 MPCA penalty
ST. PAUL — Bushmills Ethanol Inc. will pay a civil penalty of $425,000 to the Minnesota Pollution Control for a variety of alleged violations at the company’s ethanol production facility in Atwater.October 30, 2009
Report: ND is now 4th biggest oil-producing state
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota has surpassed Louisiana as the fourth-largest oil-producing state in the nation, the U.S. Energy Department says.By AP wire report , October 29, 2009
What recovery? Americans still gloomy on economic picture 
CHICAGO — The housing market and stocks may be looking up, but Americans just can’t shake their job worries.
By Ashley M. Heher , October 28, 2009
Dad’s Belgian Waffles thriving in small town Danube
DANUBE — When Cal and Suzie Lueck bought in to the Dad’s Belgian Waffles business eight years ago, they did nearly all of the work themselves.
By LindaVanderwerf , October 27, 2009
Business Briefs
WILLMAR — Melanie Vander Ark of Willmar is starting a new home child care business and plans to call it Caterpillar Clubhouse of Willmar at 1021 13th St. S.W. in Willmar. Vander Ark is writing to assume the name for her business.
October 27, 2009
Stocks rise moderately in early trading
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose moderately in early trading today as investors brace for the government’s first reading on the economy in the third quarter later in the week and fresh earnings reports and debt auctions.
By AP wire report , October 26, 2009
Businesses urged to be prepared for influenza
WILLMAR — The phones in the occupational health department at Affiliated Community Medical Centers have been ringing like never before.
By Anne Polta , October 24, 2009
Microsoft starts anew with Windows 7
SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. put a new edition of Windows on sale today, hoping for a fresh start after a bad reception for the previous version of the software that runs most of the world's personal computers.
By AP wire report , October 22, 2009
Bobcat to end production Dec. 23 at plant in Bismarck, N.D.; 15 jobs being moved to Litchfield plant
BISMARCK, N.D. — Bobcat Co. workers have been told production will end Dec. 23 at the company's Bismarck plant.
By AP wire report , October 21, 2009
Forbes calls for reversal of Pres. Bush's weak-dollar policy
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Steve Forbes, the executive, editor-in-chief and former Republican presidential candidate, called the nation's economic downturn a crisis created by a series of policy mistakes that can be fixed only by policy actions.
October 21, 2009
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