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Midwest farmland prices soar due to high demand
DES MOINES, Iowa - Increased commodity prices and strong demand have sent prices of farmland skyrocketing, making it more difficult for young and beginning far…
Top business story: Economy grows but hiring lags
WASHINGTON - In 2010, the economy rebounded fitfully from the Great Recession - starting strong, wobbling at midyear but showing enough vigor by year's end to …
Tax agreement could bring significant benefits to some
WASHINGTON - If you are a college student, teacher or resident of a state that has sales taxes but no income tax, the bipartisan tax agreement this month could mean significant benefits next year. And the IRS is ad…
Sharp and to the point
HAYDEN - Mumbly-Peg is one of those games that while once popular, would not be frowned upon today.
Movers & Shakers December 24, 2010
Securities fraud judgment entered against Idaho insurance agent
Two more outlet stores close
POST FALLS - Today two more stores at the North Idaho Factory Outlets in Post Falls are to close.
As Christmas nears, UPS peak day shows growth
NEW YORK - For UPS, it's beginning to look a lot like a normal Christmas.
Goodbye Chillers, hello Hogfish
COEUR d'ALENE - Say goodbye to Chillers.
Zanetti Bros. reaches deal with United States Department of Justice
OSBURN - After two-and-a-half years of litigation, six figures and many sleepless nights, the second and third generation owners of Zanetti Bros. Inc. announced Tuesday they reached a settlement with the United Sat…
It all adds up
COEUR d'ALENE - In 2006 Brian Tenney moved back to Coeur d'Alene and began doing tax returns for family and a few friends.
Yuletide Fear: Europe cuts back amid holiday gloom
Greeks dodge riots to do their Christmas shopping. Italians planning holiday feasts quietly stuff freezers. And the needy in Ireland are literally selling the …
WinCo Cd'A project stalls
COEUR d'ALENE - A spokesman for WinCo Foods LLC, a discount grocery chain based in Boise, said its plans for a Coeur d'Alene outlet have slowed down because of the weak growth of the overall economy.
EU leaders bid farewell to euro's horrible year
BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union leaders capped the euro's year of pain with renewed resolve to protect their battered common currency. But even after their seve…
Florida tourism industry reeling from dismal year
MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. - The Hubbard family, owners of a marina complex and seafood restaurant on Florida's Gulf coast near Tampa, would just as soon forget that …
EPA issues new PCB dredging rules for GE
ALBANY, N.Y. - General Electric must remove more PCB-tainted sediment from the Hudson River and will have to take better samples of the river bottom when it resumes dredging in the spring, the Environmental Protect…