By PAUL WISEMAN , AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices rose again in October as buyers bidding for scarce properties drove prices higher. The Standard & Poor’s CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 5.1 percent in October from a year earlier after rising 5 percent in September. Prices for the 20
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Author: Sarah Glenn
GM to temporarily close 5 factories as car inventory builds
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors will temporarily close five factories next month as it tries to reduce a growing inventory of cars on dealer lots. The factories will close anywhere from one to three weeks due to the ongoing U.S. market shift toward trucks and SUVs, spokeswoman Dayna Hart said Monday. Just over 10,000 workers
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Lagarde’s leadership of IMF in question after conviction
By JOHN LEICESTER/Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The high-flying career of Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, hung in the balance Monday after a special French court convicted her of negligence for not seeking to block a fraudulent 2008 arbitration award to a politically connected tycoon while she was France’s finance minister.
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Love and business development
By Scott W. Elliott/For the Journal SALMON — Seven years ago, any out-of-towner might not have looked twice at the old Odd Fellows building in downtown Salmon, which is in central Idaho north of Challis. But volunteer Cindy Phelps and the Craig and Jessica McCallum family saw potential — a tan brick facade on Main
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Idaho’s Second Quarter 2016 Wages Show 4.2 Percent Increase over 2015
Idaho Department of Labor News Release BOISE –Idaho’s private sector average weekly wage grew by $30 between the second quarters of 2015 and 2016 to $743. The state’s 4.2 percent over-the-year increase during the second quarter of 2016 was twice the national average rate of 2.1 percent and put Idaho in fourth place behind Washington,
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Congress rolling back hours of service rules for truckers
By Sarah Glenn/For the Journal IDAHO FALLS – Trucking companies are breathing a sigh of relief today while road safety watchdogs wring their hands. Congress tucked language into it’s short-term spending bill that begins to roll back restrictive rules for how long (and when) long haul truck drivers are required to rest. The whole bill
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Trump targets F-35, but aircraft means jobs in 45 states
By RICHARD LARDNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is vowing to corral the “out of control” cost of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. But congressional Republicans and Democrats, aware of the tens of thousands of jobs the aircraft generates in 45 states, will be wary of any plans by Trump to cut
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Quest Diagnostics says 34,000 customer accounts hacked
NEW YORK (AP) — Medical laboratory operator Quest Diagnostics Inc. says a hack of an internet application on its network has exposed the personal health information of about 34,000 people. The Madison, New Jersey-based company says “an unauthorized third party” on Nov. 26 gained access to customer information including names, dates of birth, lab results
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Idaho utility seeks to negate Oregon fish passage law
By KEITH RIDLER, Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal authorities should negate an Oregon law requiring fish passage as part of relicensing for a hydroelectric project on the Snake River where it forms the border between Idaho and Oregon, a utility company says. Boise-based Idaho Power in a notice made public last week asks
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Idaho health care provider bans Galaxy Note 7 smartphones
Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A health care provider says it’s banning all Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones at its facilities throughout Idaho. St. Luke’s Health System in a news release Monday says the ban applies to all employees, patients and visitors. St. Luke’s says signs about the ban will be put up in
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