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Regional Business and Economics Newspaper July 2007

Focus: Small Business
	The state of small business: Small is tough, but still beautiful Though competitive pressures are seemingly everywhere, small businesses continue to anchor local and state economies. Sidebars: What is a small business? Inc(reasing) Business registrations have exploded in district states. It's a jungle out there The economic Darwinism of small business.
A word about do-it-yourselfers Firms without employees offer insights and caveats to the trends of small business. Small Business Trends-Ninth District States

Ninth District Features

Green at any price?
Renewable-energy mandates raise lots of questions for electric utilities and consumers.
Sidebar: Watt if: Estimating the rate impact of RPSs

Builders see green
Ninth District joins a growing trend in green construction.

Opinion

Letter to the Editor

District Voices

Has your business, and others in your industry, been able to find adequate seasonal labor this summer?

District Data

District Forecast: West outpaces east in district economic growth

Ag producers expect higher revenues, costs

Farmers optimistic for 2007

Professional services firms expect businesses to keep spending, consumers to reduce spending

State Roundups

Michigan        Minnesota       Montana
North Dakota  South Dakota  Wisconsin

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