AP analysis: US economic stress heads back up
ND counties rich in energy tops in annual wages
Unemployment rises in 75 pct of metro areas
Hess buys American Oil & Gas in $450M stock deal
Canadian plastics producer eyes ND ethaneBISMARCK, N.D. — A slipping supply of a gas used in plastic manufacturing has prompted a Canadian petrochemical factory to pursue stocks from a North Dakota plant. Another Canadian company is proposing a 430-mile-long pipeline to move the ethane north.
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- North Dakota counties share $4M in oil tax grants; most goes to roads torn up by truck traffic
- Economic pain eases in most US counties, but improvement is slowing, AP stress map shows
- ND lawmakers reject $500K for Minot State geriatric research ‘center of excellence’
- Dem legislators in western North Dakota repeat appeal for special session for roads
- Electric bills for Montana-Dakota, Otter Tail customers to rise for defunct power plant
- Houston company proposes $250M connector from ND to Keystone pipeline that moves crude to Gulf
- Gov. expected to approve $81 million in ND workers’ comp credits; will cut bills in half
- Sanford Health mulls building new hospital in Fargo that would cost up to $300 million
- ND regulators grant Montana-Dakota Utilities interim 7.9 percent electric rate increase
- Job gains in Midwest ease economic stress to lowest level in 5 months, AP stress map shows
- North Dakota’s only oil refinery ending monthlong, $125M maintenance shutdown
- Board backs first increase in ND cattle brand inspection fee in 7 years
- ND oil patch continues path of record production; monthly crude totals near 300K barrels
- North Dakota synthetic gas plant gets $48M upgrade to fix problem that caused lengthy shutdown
- Regulators: Permit application incomplete for coal mine to fuel power plant in North Dakota
- MDU Resources reports first-quarter profit, shares fall on outlook and earnings miss
- Utilities outline plan for ND customers to pay development costs for defunct power plant
- ND crude shipping capacity catches up with production, drives down discounts
- Charitable gambling drops in North Dakota over decade; economy, smoking bans blamed
- America’s nuclear heartland anxiously awaits word on proposed missile cuts
- Lentil … cookies? Healthy foods trend has farmers hoping to get legumes into more products
- Late revisions in health care bill help some insurers, doctor-owned hospitals
- Nebraska’s Cornhusker Kickback gets the boot, while TN, ND make hay in revised health bill
- ND projects aimed at tapping Missouri River water for oil companies
- MDU Resources says board member Sister Thomas Welder to retire in late April
- Canadian firm Viterra offering to buy Dakota Growers Pasta Co. for $240M
- ND oil rig count tops 100 for first time in 2 decades
- North Dakota oil rig count tops 100 for first time in 2 decades
- Democratic governor candidate Bernero wants to follow ND’s lead and open Mich. state bank
- TransCanada agrees to consider letting US crude use oil pipeline between Alberta, Gulf Coast
- Montana, N. Dakota push for US ‘onramp’ to oil pipeline between Alberta and Gulf Coast
- Oil boom brings jobs, money, hope to long-impoverished ND American Indian reservation
- Economic woes, anger at banks prompt fresh look at socialist solution: Bank of North Dakota
- Delta increasing service between Salt Lake City and North Dakota
- AP Economic Stress Index shows 20 most stressed, 20 least stressed counties in December
- Blessed with booming economy, ND sees homelessness grow as job seekers arrive unprepared
- ND company makes final payment of $7.1M to federal government for synthetic natural gas plant
- North Dakota regulators say new oil pipeline will expand market access, cut truck traffic
- Bank of North Dakota reports $58.1M profit, sets earnings record for 6th straight year
- Schweitzer wants Canadian oil pipeline to include “on-ramp” for Montana, North Dakota fuel
- ND Heritage Center expansion may start construction after $1.8M donation from oil executive
- ND Rep. Pomeroy mentioned for life insurance job; spokeswoman says he’s not considering it
- Congressman mentioned to head life insurance group; spokeswoman says he’s not considering it
- US Rep. Pomeroy from North Dakota mentioned as head of Washington-based life insurance group
- North Dakota, Three Affiliated Tribes garner millions of dollars from oil tax accord
- 3 companies picked for study of North Dakota expansion of oil refining capacity
- New data: American Indian farmers are land-rich, cash-poor, struggling with little federal aid
- North Dakota, Three Affiliated Tribes to renew oil tax accord
- North Dakota economy revs as nation’s plods along; state seeks workers for job vacancies
- North Dakota farmers produce less corn, more soybeans, set records for dry peas and lentils
- ND GOP Gov Hoeven begins US Senate run; hopes to succeed Democrat Byron Dorgan
- New natural gas line for southeastern ND ethanol plant is helping to serve other customers
- AP Economic Stress Index shows 20 most stressed, 20 least stressed counties in November
- Phoenix-based company getting federal help to build wind tower plant in North Dakota city
- MDU Resources promotes Doran Schwartz to CFO, replacing retiring Vernon Raile
- MDU Resources says chief financial officer will retire Feb. 16
- ND’s Dorgan says it’s right time to leave US Senate, but believes he would’ve been re-elected
- Departure of North Dakota Sen. Dorgan unsettles Democrats; Republican Gov. Hoeven eyes race
- ND Democratic Sen. Dorgan won’t seek re-election, unsettles Democrats; GOP governor eyes race
- US Agriculture Dept: Late December snow further hampers delayed North Dakota corn harvest
- Texas company starts shipping ND oil to Okla. by rail; will increase shipping capacity
- Plan ready for allocating $2.4M in North Dakota housing tax credits
- 75-mile North Dakota natural gas pipeline slated for completion next month
- ND AG: Lawsuit likely over Minn. carbon dioxide tax
- Pipeline upgrade to move more than 50,000 additional barrels of ND, Mont. crude to market
- Among recession-weakened states, West Virginia almost leading pack for economic momentum
- North Dakota oil patch posts record annual production; poised for an even bigger 2010
- Census: ND population increases by 5,432 people from ‘08-’09 helped by strong economy, jobs
- SC attorney general, counterparts, scrutinize dealmaking on US Senate health care legislation
- ND booze tax increase would raise $2M for anti-alcohol message
- LM Glasfiber says its US plants to produce minimum of 1,800 blades in 5-year deal with Samsung
- ND to revisit restrictions on Minn. cattle imports put in place because of bovine tuberculosis
- North Dakota’s oil production, prices outpace state budget forecasts
- North Dakota man convicted on 9 counts of tax fraud seeks home confinement instead of prison
- North Dakota regulators: Fuel pipeline operator doesn’t need certificate to operate
- Titan Machinery 3rd-quarter results down 30 percent as construction sales lag
- Loss of federal tax credit would ‘erase’ biodiesel profits, industry study says
- North Dakota commodity groups to share ideas on product marketing, promotion
- USDA: North Dakota corn harvest still behind; farmers wrap up combining of sunflowers
- Jobless insurance rates rise for some ND employers; most businesses see no change
- Bobcat moving equipment, but not union jobs, as it prepares to close Bismarck plant
- Unemployment rises in almost half of US metro areas in October as hiring remains elusive
- North Dakota Supreme Court weighs appeal on corporate agricultural land ownership
- USDA: North Dakota soybean, sunflower harvests wrapping up; corn still 4 weeks behind average
- Proposed rules mandate more info for North Dakota oil-patch landowners
- North Dakota Retail Association expects holiday sales to be up, bucking national trend
- ND company plans to build diesel plant near Williston to provide fuel for oil rigs, farms
- North Dakota harvest slowed by grain moister, but dry weather helps farmers make progress
- ND officials unveil tourism studies, tout industry as contributor to positive economy
- Geologists look at the Birdbear, another ND oil formation to be tapped with new technology
- Judge says ND construction materials company ignored years of IRS warnings before indictments
- Corn mold fears easing in the Dakotas, though much of the crop remains to be harvested
- ND regulator praises energy conservation software
- ND state senator advocates health insurance premium tax cut
- Dakotas may see record sunflower yields despite late, wet harvest; boost supply for US, Canada
