Archive for March, 2010
Basin Conference Brings Oil Industry to Bismarck
Story by CHRISTOPHER BJORKE The Williston Basin straddles two state lines and one international border, but the geography that counts is the Bakken. In its 18th year, the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference started when companies began applying horizontal drilling methods in the basin. Since then, the Bakken play has grown in prominence in the oil [...]
Let It Rain
Multi-state network offers funds for businesses Money doesn’t grow on trees. The fi rst time you heard those words, they were probably uttered by a parent giving a lesson about the hard facts of life. But for an entrepreneur with a solid business plan, a money tree may just grow anyway. That is, if it [...]
A Working Chance
Story by DEBORA DRAGSETH Rehabilitation Consulting & Services makes employment connections Picture if you will: A man sits behind the president’s desk on the executive floor in the headquarters of an international business. He is capable, confident and commands authority, answers phone calls and signs off on all of the company’s largest decisions. He is [...]
The Strength of Garrison
Rolling hills flatten to plains and stretch into lake country at Garrison. Folks at Garrison welcome tourism and recreation- minded folks to visit or vacation by providing housing, abundant events and historical reenactments or tourism. A one-time military fort built to guard the emigrant route from Minnesota to the gold mines in Montana and Idaho [...]
Students help drive North Dakota’s global commerce
By Jeff Zent Vineet Saxena bet his future and the future of his wife and two young daughters on the United States. In 2005, the accomplished global textiles trader bought four one-way tickets from India so that he could further his education and career opportunities at North Dakota State University. He researched universities and was [...]
Communities profit from not-for-profits
By Karel Sovak Most people are aware of the “bottom-line” when it comes to business. Few may be as aware of the “triple bottom line,” a phrase that is attributed to author John Elkington and adopted by many organizations, including the United Nations. The triple bottom line relates to profit, of course, but also includes [...]
Stocks of wheat, barley, soybeans up in North Dakota
FARGO – Stocks of spring wheat, durum wheat and winter wheat in North Dakota are higher than a year ago. The Agriculture Department says in a new report that all wheat stocks on Dec. 1 totaled 269 million bushels, up 52 percent over the year. Barley, soybean and hay stocks also were up in North [...]
Farm Rescue taking applications from those in need
JAMESTOWN — Farm families in need of crop planting assistance this spring can apply for help through Farm Rescue. The nonprofit organization is accepting planting requests from farmers in North Dakota, South Dakota, western Minnesota and eastern Montana. Farm Rescue provides planting and harvesting assistance to farm families that have experienced a major illness, injury [...]
Energy Updates
MDU reports lower earnings during 2009 MDU Resources Group Inc. had lower earnings last year, and recorded a loss due to low prices for oil and natural gas. The Fortune 500 company, based in Bismarck, earned $260.4 million in 2009, compared to $377.2 million in 2008, it reported Feb. 1. When a write down on [...]
Travel, tourism delegation markets N.D. to national tour operators
A delegation of North Dakota travel and tourism officials met with more than 100 bus and tour group operators to market North Dakota as a destination when they attended the American Bus Association’s (ABA) Marketplace in January. The 32nd annual ABA Marketplace was held Jan. 15- 19 in National Harbor, Md. The event provided the [...]
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