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    April 22, 2018
    University of Minnesota Duluth students Ryan Kimbrel (from left), Reed Leonidas, Nawal Mirza, Frank Takkinen and Ryan Woitalla are heading to Malaysia to compete on April 27 in the global finals of the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute Research Challenge. The team is the first from the Upper Midwest to reach the global level of competition. (Submitted photo)
    UMD financial research team headed to global finals
    DULUTH — Five University of Minnesota Duluth students will leave for Malaysia on Monday, April 23, to test their financial analysis skills...
    newsApril 22, 2018 - 3:35pm
    Food in the garbage. USDA photo via Flickr.
    Americans waste about a quarter of the food they buy, and the environmental consequences are staggering
    The mass quantities of food Americans waste every year has staggering environmental consequences, according to a study published Wednesday, April...
    lifestyle/foodApril 22, 2018 - 10:52am
    April 20, 2018
    President Donald Trump and Kirstjen Nielsen, the Homeland Security secretary, visit the Joint Interagency Task Force South, a federal narcotics interdiction operation in Key West, Fla., April 19, 2018. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times/Copyright 2018)
    Commentary: Trump lied to me about his wealth to get onto the Forbes 400
    business/real-estateApril 20, 2018 - 4:16pm
    April 13, 2018
    Senators have more money now. Will they finally pay their interns?
    The $1.3 trillion spending bill that President Donald Trump signed last month contained a subtle yet dramatic shift for U.S. senators. The budget for "Senate operations," the pocket of money members use for staffing, grew from roughly $871 million last year to $920 million for 2018...
    news/government-and-politicsApril 13, 2018 - 9:59am
    April 11, 2018
    The new Apostle Islands quarter features a visitor kayaking in the park with a backdrop of the Devils Island sea caves and lighthouse. Bob King / Forum News Service
    Apostle Islands quarter released
    RED CLIFF, Wis. — Surveying the design of newly minted U.S. quarters featuring the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Rick Peterson suggested...
    business/tourismApril 11, 2018 - 6:15pm
    March 25, 2018
    T03.07.2018 -- Steve Kuchera -- 031118.N.DNT.SpedC1 -- North Star Academy general education teacher Melissa Goldsworthy (left) and special education teacher Emily Silverness co-teach a fifth-grade reading class on March 7 that contains a range of students. (Steve Kuchera / Forum News Service)
    Who should pay? Duluth, other Minnesota districts advocate for changes in how special education expenses are covered
    DULUTH — School districts throughout Minnesota have spent years dealing with a delicate issue: an obligation to help pay for the needs...
    newsMarch 25, 2018 - 6:05am
    March 19, 2018
    A pumpjack operates above an oil well at night in the Bakken Formation on the outskirts of Williston, North Dakota, on March 8, 2018. Bloomberg photo by Daniel Acker.
    'Netflix for oil' setting stage for $1 trillion data battle
    A battle for big data is brewing in the oil patch. The service companies that map underground pockets of oil, drill the wells and lift crude...
    business/energy-and-miningMarch 19, 2018 - 1:38pm
    March 16, 2018
    U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan, D-Minn.
    Bipartisan campaign of ex-lawmakers push for reform
    BRAINERD, Minn. — Money, former Minnesota Gov. Arne Carlson said, and lots of it — that might be the single greatest ailment of modern...
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 16, 2018 - 10:45am
    March 1, 2018
    Thrifty traveling: Fargo workshop offers travel advice for saving money
    FARGO — Picture this: Your coworker Jill is loudly talking about her upcoming trip to Jamaica. You sigh and listen politely while silently...
    lifestyle/travelMarch 1, 2018 - 9:46am
    February 15, 2018
    Allete reports solid 2017, cost-cutting for 2018
    DULUTH—Corporate leaders of Allete Inc., the Duluth-based parent company of Minnesota Power, said Thursday, Feb. 15, that they will take...
    business/energy-and-miningFebruary 15, 2018 - 6:20pm
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    Gun sales are down, so why did gun stocks just go up?
    Shares of firearms companies rose on Thursday morning after a gun-fueled massacre at a Florida high school left 17 dead and 14 injured. At first,...
    business/marketsFebruary 15, 2018 - 4:46pm
    February 6, 2018
    US regulators say they don't have enough power over cryptocurrency exchanges
    WASHINGTON - Two of the nation's top financial regulators said Tuesday that Congress may need to grant them new powers if they are to protect...
    business/marketsFebruary 6, 2018 - 9:15pm
    A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, on Feb. 6, 2018. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Michael Nagle
    Volatile Dow closes up 567 points after a rocky day of trading following historic drop
    U.S. stocks bounced up in the final hour of trading Tuesday after a rocky morning that saw the Dow Jones industrial average dip into correction...
    business/marketsFebruary 6, 2018 - 4:37pm
    All she has to do to collect a $560 million lotto jackpot is make her name public. She refuses.
    The winning numbers triple-checked and the lottery ticket signed, the New Hampshire woman knew her life was about to change in a very positive way - except for one petrifying thing. As the winner of last month's $560 million Powerball, she would soon be the world's newest owner of...
    news/nationFebruary 6, 2018 - 10:43am
    February 5, 2018
    All she has to do to collect a $560 million lotto jackpot is make her name public. She refuses.
    The winning numbers triple-checked and the lottery ticket signed, the New Hampshire woman knew her life was about to change in a very positive...
    lifestyle/money-and-financeFebruary 5, 2018 - 4:59pm
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