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NorthWestern Energy Reports 2009 Financial Results
NorthWestern Corporation d/b/a NorthWestern Energy reported financial results for the year ended Dec. 31, 2009.
The Gero-Economy Revs Up
“The boomers are going to have a rougher time in retirement than their parents,” says Robert Butler. “That can mean two things: they can complain about it, or they can retool it for their kids and take advantage of its promise.”
America’s Agricultural Angst
In this high-tech information age few look to the most basic industries as sources of national economic power. Yet no sector in America is better positioned for the future than agriculture–if we allow it to reach its potential.
Venture Capital Firm, Buerk Dale Victor Renamed Montlake Capital
The new name recognizes the firm’s evolution from a local partnership (founded in 1999) to a regional investment team with partners in Washington, Oregon, Montana, and Idaho.
Strapped cities review corporate tax breaks Many are enacting ‘clawback’ provisions when job promises aren’t kept
Cash-strapped communities have a message for corporations that promised jobs in return for tax breaks: A deal’s a deal.
O’Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West, The University of Montana – Winter 2009 Newsletter
Hello and Happy Holidays,
From all of us at the O’Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West, The University of Montana
Weyerhaeuser OKs conversion to REIT
Weyerhaeuser announced Tuesday that its board has approved a conversion of the forest products giant into a real estate investment trust, letting the company take advantage of certain tax benefits.
Study: Mountain states hit hardest by recession
"While the Intermountain West is an increasingly distinct region in national affairs, it remains disparate — a still-loosely linked network of individual metropolitan economies, some of which remain mired in recession and many of which are clearly recovering.
Yes, Manufacturing Matters
After dominating global industrial activity for a century, the United States is losing its edge in manufacturing to other nations.
Lender in Silver State Helicopters flight-school debacle to forgive loans
The students, who were saddled with staggering debt with little training to show for it, will have up to 75 percent of their debt to Student Loan Xpress, a subsidiary of CIT Group, erased under the agreement reached between the company and 12 states’ attorneys general.