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Regional Business and Economics Newspaper May 2007

Focus: Universal Service
	Dialing for dollars Rural telephone companies in the district collect millions of dollars annually in universal service subsidies. Has the time come to let them fend for themselves? Fixing universal service Proposed measures would curb the costs of subsidizing rural phone service.
Broadband: Not quite universal Given the state of rural broadband, extending universal service to high-speed Internet access may be premature.

Ninth District Features

Pipelines to feed the beast
U.S. appetite for oil and Canada’s supply spur pipeline projects.

Bank exposure to ethanol
Is ethanol expansion putting investing banks at risk?

O Canada
For exporters to the district's northern neighbor, a weakening U.S. dollar is good for business.

Foreign Trade Zones
A new hammer in the economic development toolbox, but mostly a pillow in the district.

District Voices

Has the increase in foreclosures in the subprime mortgage sector had any effect on your business, or had a noticeable effect on local housing conditions? How so?

Opinion

Letter to the Editor

District Data

District exports expand in 2006

Ninth District Manufactured Exports
Minnesota | Montana | North Dakota | South Dakota | Wisconsin

State Roundups

Michigan        Minnesota       Montana
North Dakota  South Dakota  Wisconsin

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