TRADE
World Trade Center Attack survivor to speak at UND for first Delta Gamma Ethics Lecture March 25
Michael Hingson, a blind man who survived the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, will be the featured speaker Monday, March 25, at the first Lectureship in Values and Ethics Series, an ...
Posted on 3/4/13 at 3:51 PM
Our collective scar to bear...
Today is the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. 11 years have come and gone;yet, the images, horror, anger, disgust, and disbelief roll right back into my...
Posted on 9/11/12 at 5:01 AM
Ambassador Fujisaki
Just about the time you think you'vebeen throughit all, along comes a surprise. Today one of the world' very top diplomats sang a chorus of The Red River Valley on News @5. To say I was surprised, wo...
Posted on 7/31/12 at 7:33 PM
Keeping tabs on trade barriers
Foreign trade barriers are a huge problem for U.S. agricultural producers. Too many countries try, in one form or another, to keep out U.S. ag products. Keeping track of all the roadblocks is no easy...
Posted on 4/18/12 at 3:38 PM
How is my premium spent?
We know health care insurance isn't cheap - but do you know how your premium dollars are spent? Suprised? Not? What do you think? We're still listening....
Posted on 2/13/12 at 11:19 AM
Randy Moss returns to Vikings in trade 
By Jon Krawczynski , October 06, 2010
- Moss catching pass against Bengals
- Randy Moss sitting on bench
- Randy Moss (2010)
- AP VIDEO: Moss a Minnesota Viking again
- AP Source: Patriots, Vikings discussing Moss trade
- A VIKING AGAIN: Minnesota completes trade for Randy Moss
- Vikings trade defensive lineman Jayme Mitchell to Browns
- BLOG: Star Tribune reporters offer latest details
- Talk about this topic
- COLUMN: Moss is right addition at right time for Vikes
China, Taiwan sign trade pact linking economies 
A historic trade deal between China and Taiwan will ease 60 years of hostility and push their economies closer than ever, the latest sign that Beijing’s strategy of wooing the self-ruled island with carrots instead of sticks is paying off.
By Alexa Olesen , June 29, 2010
US overhaul could push some trading overseas 
Will the U.S. financial overhaul push big firms to transfer business to Europe? Some say no: Europe is also working on efforts to tighten up on risk-taking, though Asia and non-EU member Switzerland still remain more loosely regulated.
By Alan Clendenning , June 26, 2010
Anti-Castro leaders back Peterson bill to open Cuba to trade, travel
Peterson, chairman of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, released Thursday the letter he received signed by more than 70 pro-democracy Cuban leaders that strongly encourages passage of Peterson’s bill, the Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement Act.By Brad Swenson , June 11, 2010
Terry Wanzek, Jamestown, N.D., column: America must play by trade rules, too 
Before pointing a finger of blame at the tariff policies of other nations, perhaps the president should take a closer look at practices here in the U.S. They’re hurting the exports that Obama says he wants to expand.
By Terry Wanzek , March 27, 2010
Judge: $575 million settlement 'not enough' for 9/11 'heroes' 
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein on Friday rejected a legal settlement that would have given at least $575 million to the victims, saying the deal shortchanged ground zero workers whom he called heroes.
By David B. Caruso , March 20, 2010
MINNESOTA POLITICS: Peterson beats Oberstar in obtaining pork 
A respected nonpartisan blog reports Collin Peterson gets more pork than Jim Oberstar when it comes to the battle of Minnesota’s two powerful U.S. House chairmen.
By Don Davis , December 13, 2009
Peterson heads to Copenhagen; GOP floats rumor he may retire 
U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota’s 7th Congressional District, who took a lot of heat during a Bemidji town hall hearing in August on his vote for the House climate change bill, is apparently headed to Copenhagen, the site of a world global climate summit. The National Republican Congressional Caucus is also putting out rumors that Peterson, elected in 1990, might not seek re-election in 2010. But the probable response is: “Don’t they wish.”
By Brad Swenson , December 10, 2009
Obama trumpets Asia trip as boost to U.S. economy 
President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of job and open new markets for American goods in the future.
By Philip Elliott , November 21, 2009
Doer heads to Washington hopeful he can encourage freer trade 
Former Manitoba Premier Gary Doer, now Canada's ambassador to the U.S., talks about his plans for trade talks in Washington, D.C.
By Lee-Anne Goodman , October 19, 2009
Minnesota unemployment rate drops again for September 
Minnesota's unemployment rate dropped substantially to 7.3 percent in September — a decline that masked overall job losses and will cost thousands of the state's jobless weeks of benefits.
By Associated Press , October 15, 2009
G-20 leaders declare summit a success 
Major world leaders formed themselves into a new board of directors for the global economy today, vowing to overhaul lax financial regulations and work harder to control dangerous imbalances that contributed to a financial meltdown.
By Martin Crutsinger , September 25, 2009
Obama: U.S. 'determined to act' on climate change 
By Jennifer Loven , September 22, 2009
- Obama at United Nations
- Talk about this topic
- Obama visits Letterman, talks politics, admires heart-shaped potato
- AP FACT CHECK: Health insurance coverage requirement enforced with tax
- Senator to Obama: Don't delay opening more waters to drilling
- Analysis examines Obama's choice on Afghanistan
- Sources: Instead of troops in Afghanistan, maybe more armed drones
- VIDEO CLIP: President Obama with David Letterman
- VIDEO CLIP: Letterman's Top 10 list on Obama (edited out of Monday's show)
Canada passes 'Buy Canada' type resolution 
Canadian mayors passed a resolution today that would potentially shut out U.S. bidders from city contracts in response to the U.S. administration’s “Buy American” policy.
By Associated Press , June 06, 2009
U.S. pork industry baffled by bans in China, Russia 
By Luke Meredith , June 04, 2009
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