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  Nearly 300 workers may be let go due to Montana compmay closure

  Posted 7:41 AM 5/18/2013 by Jacqueline Quynh - MTN News

  Up to 300 people in the Missoula Valley and around Montana may be out of a job.

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  Montana unemployment rate dips to 5.5%

  Posted 12:11 PM 5/17/2013 by MTN News

  HELENA - State labor officials report that the unemployment rate in the Treasure State fell 0.1% in March, to sit at 5.5%.

  "After a slow start in the first quarter, Montana's employment growth is back on the right track this month, adding about 660 jobs," Labor Commissioner Pam Bucy (More)

  
  

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  Education is dividing line in economic recovery

  

  Posted 8:47 AM 5/4/2013 by Anthony Mason - CBS News

  Education has been a dividing line in the recovery. While well over two million jobs have been added in the past year for workers with at least some college education, for workers with a high school degree or less, more than half a million jobs have been lost.

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  U.S. economy added 165K jobs in April

  

  Posted 8:56 AM 5/3/2013 by Alain Sherter - CBS MoneyWatch

  It could've been worse. The Labor Department said Friday that employers added 165,000 jobs in April, topping last month's weak labor growth although still short of the kind of expansion required to quickly reduce unemployment.

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  Montana Made/Montana Proud: Altius Custom Firearms

  

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  Posted 12:10 PM 5/2/2013 by Chet Layman

  West Yellowstone might be the snowmobile capitol of the world. However, during next year's winter Olympics in Russia, the community could be represented on the medal podium thanks to the work going on in a little shop in the heart of town.

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  New assessment shows more oil than expected in Williston Basin

  

  Posted 10:54 PM 4/30/2013 by Jay Kohn - Billings

  A new government survey now estimates that the amount of recoverable oil in the Bakken area of eastern Montana and western North Dakota is actually double previous estimates.

  The last assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey of the Bakken was done in 2008.

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  Drumlummon Mine will stop operating, layoffs announced

  

  Posted 9:14 AM 4/25/2013 by Melissa Anderson - MTN News

  Tanking gold prices are said to be responsible for the decision to stop operations at the Drummlummon Mine in Marysville.

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  Delta Airlines exec will keynote Senator Tester tourism workshop in Bozeman

  Posted 7:27 PM 4/24/2013 by TESTER PRESS OFFICE

   

  A top executive with Delta Airlines will be the keynote speaker at Senator Jon Tester's tourism workshop in Bozeman in May.

  Eric Phillips is from Lewistown, and graduated from Carroll College. Senator Tester says: "Montana's tourism industry depends on (More)

  
  

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  Fake AP tweet sends stocks briefly plunging

  

  Posted 5:30 PM 4/23/2013 by Alain Sherter - Moneywatch

  Stocks tumbled briefly Tuesday after hackers hijacked the main Twitter feed of The Associated Press and sent out a false tweet about a terror attack at the White House.

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  Line up announced for Senator Tester's tourism workshop in Bozeman

  Posted 5:20 PM 4/17/2013 by SENATOR TESTER PRESS OFFICE

     The "Big Sky Advantage" panel announced for Senator Tester's  Tourism Small Business Opportunity Workshop in Bozeman on Friday, May 17. The workshop will be held in the Strand Union Building's Ballroom A at Montana State University. Tester's four "Big Sky (More)