Category: Business
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Montanans Investing in Leading Industries
Governor Greg Gianforte continues his 56 county tour in Cascade, Chouteau, and Liberty counties to highlight Montanans investing in business, agriculture, and education. Visiting a manufacturing facility in Great Falls, the governor highlighted Such Group International’s investment in entrepreneurs and Montana’s business community. With over 30 years of combined experience, Such Group International supports growing…
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And Still it Booms!
There are almost 60% more new businesses being created each year in the US. Prior to COVID, with its forced closures and slowdowns of businesses, the rate of new business start-ups was declining and considered quite dismal. It was “quite gloomy,” said Economist John Haltiwanger, an expert on new business growth. New businesses tend to…
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100 Years! 5 Generations! Eight States! Dominates Business
By Evelyn Pyburn One of Billings’ biggest and more thriving businesses is celebrating their 100th birthday. A & I Distributing may not be a readily recognized name for those not involved in the automotive business, but be assured if you own any kind of a vehicle you most likely have used a product they have…
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Ziply Fiber Ready to Serve 19,000
With ultra-high-speed, 100 percent fiber-optic networks now ready for service, thousands of Billings residences and businesses have the opportunity to access fiber speeds ranging from 100 Mbps to 50 Gig – service that is 500 times faster – the fastest home internet available. The new service is a “bold expansion throughout major cities in Montana”…
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Hurd Inducted into WyoTech Hall of Fame
One of Billings’ most outstanding business people, John Hurd, was recently inducted into the Wyoming Technical Institute’s Hall of Fame. Hurd is store manager for RDO Equipment Co, in Billings, the largest John Deere Ag and Construction dealership group in the country. John Hurd has become a favorite at Yellowstone County News and recognized as…
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Electric Transmission Line Would Be a Game Changer for Montana
By Amanda Eggert, Montana Free Press Project developers, policymakers and think tanks working in the capital-intensive arena of energy development say a new Montana-North Dakota high-voltage transmission line could be a game changer for an area of the American West that’s seen limited expansion to its power grid in four decades. The North Plains Connector…
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Coke Cola Opens Plant
It was stated several times during a news media opening of the new Coca Cola manufacturing plant last week, that this is a “really big deal” for Billings. And indeed it is. The nearly $100 million facility will employ over 100 people, including 50 new positions. The plant will bottle and distribute over 450 varieties…
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Businesses Light Up Laurel Dodgers
Games at the Laurel Dodgers American Legion stadium can be played under the lights again, thanks to equipment, material and labor donations. NorthWestern Energy donated new light poles, removed the old lights and provided the equipment and labor for installation. “The old light structures were at the end of their useful life,” said NorthWestern Energy…
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Trebro Plans for Resumption of Turf Market
For 30 years Billings has been home to a small home-grown manufacturing business that has rapidly grown to selling their innovative product for turf growers around the world. Trebro Manufacturing was highlighted during the recent Small Business Week celebration. Those attending the events surrounding the visit of Isabel Casillas Guzman, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration,…
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No More Vehicle Ownership?
Helixx Technologies has begun taking registrations in Southeast Asia for its electric car and van subscription service and some observers are calling it the end of automobile ownership – and they are excited about it. They are calling it “a fascinating roll-out of what appears to be a thoroughly excellent and potentially VERY disruptive idea.”…