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SMARTMOVEFARGOMOORHEAD: A BLOG BY THE GREATER FARGO/MOORHEAD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Fargo Moorhead Metro Recognized by Area Development Magazine
Fargo, N.D. (June 5, 2013) Area Development Magazine recently ranked the Fargo Moorhead Metro #2 overall among mid-sized cities. The Fargo Moorhead Metro also led or ranked high in the following cate...
Posted on 6/5/13 at 3:15 PM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Update: Education debate about more spending, better economy
By Don Davis A debate about education funding goes beyond helping individual students: There is widespread agreement that a better education system would help the economy. However, there is less agree...
Posted on 4/23/13 at 9:48 PM
NEW PLATEAUS Give and Take
In this season of giving, here are two counter-intuitive truths about how Internet music piracy and product knock-offs benefit the original creators. #1: In November, TechNewsDaily published a story ...
Posted on 12/27/12 at 10:48 AM
RENEW ND Fargo ranks as top city for employment, but........
Fun to see Fargo as a lead story in Wall Street 24/7 and Yahoo for our high rate of employment, however I think they need a few more stock pictures so folks know it's not always blizzarding here. Here...
Posted on 12/11/12 at 10:14 AM
NIE ROCKS! The Fiscal Cliff
What is the fiscal cliff? It is a term first used by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to describe the impact on the economy of about $502 billion in expiring tax cuts and spending reductions, bot...
Posted on 12/5/12 at 3:11 PM
Oil’s 2011 impact in North Dakota measured at $30 billion 
FARGO – The nearly 60,000 jobs generated by North Dakota’s petroleum industry accounted for 9 percent of the state’s workforce in 2011, according to a study released Wednesday.
By Patrick Springer , March 13, 2013
US stocks edge up following Dow's record day
NEW YORK — After barreling through a record the day before, the Dow Jones industrial average meandered higher on Wednesday.
By Associated Press , March 06, 2013
Dow surges to record ... and keeps going
NEW YORK — The Dow has never been higher. The Dow Jones industrial average surged passed its record high and kept going on Tuesday. It jumped from the opening bell, climbed as much as 158 points early and reached 14,286, breaking through its previous record high set in October 2007.
By Associated Press , March 05, 2013
Minn. unemployment up in Jan., but jobs growing
ST. PAUL — Minnesota's unemployment rate ticked up slightly in January but state officials say the state has more than 12,000 new jobs compared to a year earlier.
By Associated Press , March 05, 2013
Minot Air Force Base economic impact: $522 million
MINOT, N.D. — Minot Air Force Base says it contributed a record amount to the local economy in the last fiscal year.
By Associated Press , February 08, 2013
North Dakota oil, gas, coal royalties total $138.8 million in FY2012
BISMARCK — The Bureau of Land Management says almost $139 million was collected in royalties on federal land in North Dakota in fiscal 2012.
February 02, 2013
Study: NDSU annual economic impact totals $884 million
FARGO – North Dakota State University boasts an economic impact of more than $884 million each year, according to a new analysis that also found students enjoy a high rate of return on their educational investment.
By Ryan Johnson , December 28, 2012
Benefits could expire for 12,200 Minn. unemployed
MINNEAPOLIS — Thousands of out-of-work Minnesotans are at risk of having their unemployment-insurance benefits expire Saturday.
By Associated Press , December 25, 2012
Crop insurance juicy target in 'fiscal cliff' deal
WASHINGTON — Rural lawmakers worry that $9 billion in annual federal crop insurance subsidies are an easy target for spending cuts in a “fiscal cliff” deal so they're shopping around for a late compromise on a farm bill to protect them.
By Associated Press , December 15, 2012
Economy remains weak in Midwest — even ND drops
OMAHA, Neb. — The economy in nine Midwest and Plains states likely will remain sluggish because of weakness in ethanol and food production, but conditions vary widely across the region, according to a report released Monday.
By Associated Press , December 03, 2012
Dakotas cities among lowest unemployment rates
BISMARCK — Four cities in the Dakotas are among the 10 in the nation with the lowest unemployment rates last month.
By Associated Press , November 29, 2012
US stocks rise sharply in Black Friday retail rush
The stock market enjoyed some Black Friday cheer, rising sharply as shoppers braved the annual post-Thanksgiving rush. Major indexes were on track for their biggest weekly gains since early June.
By Associated Press , November 23, 2012
Obama: Americans agree with my approach on deficit
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, laying down his marker for grueling “fiscal cliff” negotiations, said Friday he won't accept any approach to federal deficit reduction that doesn't ask the wealthy to pay more in taxes.
By Associated Press , November 09, 2012
Fiscal cliff combines tax hikes, spending cuts
WASHINGTON — So just what is this “fiscal cliff” that has the financial markets rattled and economists and policymakers alike in a tizzy over the potential for sending the economy into another tailspin?
By Associated Press , November 07, 2012
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