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Billings Gazette Business News at 2:26 am
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Unless you're an active outfitter, tents and tepees aren't exactly must-haves in a tough economy. So, you'd think a Billings company specializing in those products would be sweating a sales drop.
Instead, revenues are up 5 percent over last year at Reliable Tent & Awning, a business that Maury Nemer purchased in 1945. The business has prospered through three generations of family managers, including Maury's son Bob and grandson Dave, who is president today.
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Have you heard: Northern buyer faces next cash call
Hassan Kangarloo, the San Francisco developer who bought the Northern Hotel and its neighboring parking garage in May 2007, must pay off a loan of $600,000 by Monday or face a foreclosure sale of the property.
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Zpizza features Montana wheat, distinctive varieties
If pizza were healthier, would you eat it every day?
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Dollar coins handy, but few people using them
Could it be our fascination with George Washington's Mona Lisa-smile? What else keeps the dollar bill alive despite its obvious obsolescence?
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Vending machines sell less; prices rise
ATLANTA, Ga. - Jennifer Evans thinks 80 cents for a Snickers bar is excessive, but that hasn't changed her buying habits.
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Long-term care can max out insurance
HACKENSACK, N.J. - In 19 years with breast cancer, Gladys Lester has had a mastectomy, breast reconstruction, and a stem cell transplant. She's had operations to remove cancer that spread to her liver, lungs and ovaries, and chemotherapy that left her bald five separate times.
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Service workers' tips decline with economy
SALT LAKE CITY - Yellow cab driver Felicia Niculescu knew the economy was hitting the skids months ago when passengers began handing out fewer tips.
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MSU extension guides out
BOZEMAN - Three revised publications from Montana State University Extension are available to help the public identify both noxious weeds across the state and preferred plants for Montana landscaping.
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Technology boosts family farm
FARGO, N.D. - From horse-drawn plows to self-steering machinery, farming has seen many changes through the centuries.
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Achievers
Sunday, July 20, 2008
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From Associated Press:
Dream of gas tax holiday falters over job lossesWASHINGTON (AP) -- The political vision of a summer gas tax holiday died a quick death in Congress, losing to a view that federal excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel will have to go up if they go anywhere....
'Dark Knight' sets box office record with $66.4MLOS ANGELES (AP) -- Batman's joust with the Joker has set another box office record. Stoked by fan fever over the manic performance of the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, "The Dark Knight" set a one-day box office record with $66.4 million on opening day, Warner Bros. head of distribution Dan Fellman said Saturday....
Bush: Congress could take steps to ease gas pricesCRAWFORD, Texas (AP) -- Responding to Americans' anger over gas prices and the housing bust, President Bush is stepping up pressure on Congress to open up offshore oil exploration and work to restore confidence in the housing finance industry....
Tomato growers: Salmonella scare damages industryRICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The 6,000 acres of tomatoes grown on Virginia's sea-swept Eastern Shore were never implicated in the national salmonella outbreak - they were still on the vine weeks after people starting getting sick....
Bank stocks look cheap, but buyers remain cautiousNEW YORK (AP) -- Merrill Lynch & Co. Chief Executive John Thain is making a pitch to Wall Street: Buy the brokerage's shares while they're still cheap. But investors don't seem ready to listen....
Venture capital investments hold steady in 2QSAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The pace of U.S. venture capital investments remained steady at $7.4 billion during the second quarter despite a wobbly stock market that has made it increasingly difficult for the financiers of new ideas to cash out of startups....
Oil prices tumble in biggest weekly drop everNEW YORK (AP) -- The price of oil recorded its biggest weekly drop ever, and a gallon of gas finally pulled back from its record high. So is it time to declare the energy bubble popped?...
Going small: A Smart driving experienceWASHINGTON (AP) -- Sometimes, I guess, timing is everything. When DaimlerChrysler AG announced in 2006 that it planned to bring the Smart fortwo micro car to the United States after nearly a decade in Europe, gas prices had reached about $2.80 a gallon. Now, Americans are paying more than $4 a gallon at the pump, SUV sales are plummeting and consumers are hungry for smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles....
Chinese broker tried in insider tradingBEIJING (AP) -- The former president of a major Chinese stock brokerage has gone on trial on insider-trading charges in connection with the company's 2006 stock market debut, a state news agency reported Saturday....
Wall Street mixed after earnings reportsNEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street closed out an impressive week with a mixed performance Friday after disappointing high-tech earnings punctured some of investors' enthusiasm over better-than-expected bank earnings reports. But the major indexes still ended the week with big gains, the result of rising optimism about the troubled financial sector....
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