Regional Business News

Storing, or "sequestering," CO2 is a new market, and one that could prove profitable for agriculture.

Montana & Northern Wyoming small business owners, community leaders and representatives of trade associations, who have experienced their share of excessive enforcement of federal rules and regulations, now have a forum where they can voice their concerns and complaints.

"Trade Adjustment Assistance was created in the 1960s, but today’s workers live in a different world," Baucus, the bill’s chief author and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said in a written statement. "TAA should be flexible enough to respond to workers’ needs regardless of what they do or where challenges are coming from."

This week they’re on opposite sides of a fight playing out in Washington: How to overhaul the nation’s patent system.

"What is happening, this is a crisis. And it’s going to hit. There’s just no way around it. It’s getting worse as we go,"

Since the start of 2006, 1 of every 8 Northwest public companies has been swept up in a wave of deals fed by an ocean of cash.

Cities, counties can decide type of stores they prefer

The transaction is valued at $80 per share, or a 14 percent premium over Washington Group’s closing stock price on Friday.

"A lot of the initial studies were aimed at assessing the types of coal that are available in North Dakota and the technologies that would be best suited for using that coal," Ward said Friday. "Also, we spent a good deal of time looking at marketing issues — how big can we build the plant and be able to sell all the product from it."

Faced with a looming brain drain, companies are cooking up creative ways to lure and keep talent, from chatting with students online to fast-tracking young workers to be future leaders.