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Business and Economic News

Furniture maker gets $6 million from Wisconsin to cut jobs

It’s become a fairly common game in business to extract public dollars in exchange for creating additional jobs, but in Wisconsin, Ashley Furniture is getting $6 million from the state in exchange for laying people off. According to the Milwaukee State Journal, the $6 million tax credit was awarded in January to the company in…
by Bob Collins

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12 steps for managing money: Chris Farrell at MPR State Fair booth:

12 steps for managing money: Chris Farrell at MPR State Fair booth:

Diversify your portfolio, pay off your credit cards, keep things simple: These are some of the 12 steps for managing your money over a lifetime that our economics guru Chris Farrell suggests.
by Chris Farrell

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Are food boats the next food trucks? Don't count on it

Are food boats the next food trucks? Don't count on it

Most of the food boats out there seem to be the only one in their community. And while the number of food truck is growing nationwide, food boats are a movement so quiet that nearly every food boat owner I spoke with had never heard of any of the others.
by Annie Johnson

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More Canadian crude could soon flow across northern Minn. under State Dept. plan

More Canadian crude could soon flow across northern Minn. under State Dept. plan

The State Department has signed off on a temporary plan from Calgary-based Enbridge Energy to divert oil from its Alberta Clipper pipeline to an adjacent line before it crosses the U.S. border, and then return the oil to its original line once its in the country.
by Dan Kraker

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Some painkillers will be harder to get this fall

Starting this fall, it will be more difficult to get commonly prescribed painkillers, such as Vicodin. The Drug Enforcement Administration has announced a new rule that reclassifies drugs containing hydrocodone. That means most consumers will be forced to get their prescription in person -- no more over-the-phone refills.

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