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Independent Record (Helena, MT) archives from August 2003
Exchange-Traded Funds Gain Popularity with Smaller Investors.
August 3, 2003... Byline: John Harrington
Aug. 3--Something of a hybrid between single-company stocks and mutual funds, exchange traded funds (ETF) provide a way for individual investors to diversify their portfolios by buying a basket of companies with a...
Book Seller Makes Most of His Time in Helena, Mont.
August 5, 2003... Byline: Martin J. Kidston
Aug. 5--His Big Sky experience has turned into a lesson on the ways of the West, where big meals, big cars and big guns exist alongside big hearts and a big Montana welcome.
Rob Marsham, a junior at Edinburgh...
Powerball Winner Yet to Claim $100,000 Prize.
August 5, 2003
Future of Butte, Mont, Mine Brightens.
August 6, 2003... Byline: Gerard O'Brien
Aug. 6--Tax incentives from the federal to the local level, a set cost for utilities and the rising price of copper and molybdenum are all coming together in an effort to resume mining at the Continental Pit in...
Montana Joins Other States in Objecting to Amtrak Privatization Plan.
August 7, 2003... Byline: John Harrington
Aug. 7--In something of a preemptive strike that proved prescient, three state agencies recently spent $48,000 for a consultant study showing the value to Montana of Amtrak's Empire Builder line across the Hi-Line,...
Future of Ethanol Fuels Uncertain, But Additive Gains Ground.
August 10, 2003... Byline: John Harrington
Aug. 10--What's the future for ethanol? The corn-derived alcohol fuel has long been touted as a cleaner, renewable alternative to fossil fuels, and a combination of government subsidies and clean emissions mandates...
Helena, Mont., Airport Control Tower Wins FAA Safety Award.
August 12, 2003... Byline: John Harrington
Aug. 12--Some of the country's top airport brass landed in Helena Monday to present the Helena Regional Airport's traffic control tower with the 2002 Federal Aviation Administration Facility of the Year award.
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Local Business Leaders Become Directors at Helena, Mont., Children's Hospital.
August 13, 2003
Montana Retailers Awaiting Windfall from Tax Rebates.
August 17, 2003... Byline: John Harrington
Aug. 17--Just in time for one of the busiest retail seasons of the year, the IRS announced this week that the last of the $14 billion in child tax refund checks have been mailed to qualified taxpayers across the...
Butte, Mont., Copper Mine to Reopen, Rehire 350 Workers.
August 19, 2003... Byline: Leslie McCartney
Aug. 19--After a three-year hiatus, Butte's copper mine announced Monday that it will reopen -- and create 350 jobs.
Montana Resources will immediately begin to hire employees needed to restart operations and...
Qwest to Hire at Least 10 at Helena, Mont., Call Center.
August 26, 2003
Montanans Will Pay Near-Record Prices for Gas Going into Labor Day Weekend.
August 28, 2003
Medical, Civic Groups to Weigh In on Tobacco Control Legislation in Montana.
August 29, 2003
Phony Checks Circulating through Montana Banks.
August 31, 2003