ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Winter tourism is growing in Alaska, a state known as a popular summer destination. Visitor volume grew 33 percent for the fall and winter season over the past decade, the Anchorage Daily News reported . Winter business also has been up for the Alaska Railroad for the […]
MISSOULA, Mont. — A Montana business group is optimistic about the future of the technology industry in the state. Christina Henderson of the Montana High Tech Business Alliance says she’s encouraged by 2018 developments at three companies with a presence in Missoula. The Missoulian reported Sunday that Advanced Technology Group, […]
LOS ANGELES — It was supposed to be a great year for marijuana entrepreneur Brian Blatz. When California broadly legalized pot on Jan. 1, the lawyer with a background in banking and health care had been working for a year to set up a trucking company that would […]
MIDDLESEX : — A local bakery has unveiled what is unofficially the world’s largest s’more at a winter festival in Vermont. Red Hen Bakery presented the 4-by-8-foot (1.2-by-2.4-meter), 200 pound treat at the Winter S’morestice at Camp Meade in Middlesex Saturday. A team of 10 people helped carry […]
A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week: EYE ON MANUFACTURING IHS Markit’s latest monthly index should provide insight into the health of U.S. manufacturing. The financial information company’s purchasing managers index, due out Wednesday, is a broad gauge of activity […]
BEIJING — China’s factory activity weakened further in December, an official survey showed Monday, boosting pressure on Beijing to reverse an economic slowdown as it heads into trade talks with Washington. The purchasing managers’ index of the National Bureau of Statistics and an industry group, the China Federation […]
WASHINGTON — Three confidants of President Donald Trump, including his departing chief of staff, are indicating that the president’s signature campaign pledge to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border would not be fulfilled as advertised. Trump sparked fervent chants of “Build that wall!” at rallies before and […]
TOKYO — Former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn will be detained at least through Jan. 11, the Tokyo District Court said Monday, as the once revered auto industry figure faces allegations that have marked a stunning downfall. Ghosn, who led Nissan Motor Co. for two decades and helped save […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — At Granny Shaffer’s restaurant in Joplin, Missouri, owner Mike Wiggins is reprinting the menus to reflect the 5, 10 or 20 cents added to each item. A two-egg breakfast will cost an extra dime, at $7.39. The price of a three-piece fried chicken dinner […]
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Texas who recently declared the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional has stayed his ruling to allow for appeals. That means “Obamacare” remains in effect while litigation continues. In a ruling issued Sunday, Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth wrote that he stands by […]
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