Nvidia has beaten Wall Street’s earnings estimate in each of the past six quarters, by an average of roughly 5.6%. Its shares have declined the following session all six times…. Read More
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Bitcoin and Gold Surge After a Bruising Start to August
Bitcoin and gold both staged dramatic reversals this week after weeks of lackluster performance, with the cryptocurrency posting gains of nearly 24% and the precious metal climbing past $4,600 an… Read More
Treasury Permanently Ends Beneficial Ownership Reporting for U.S. Businesses
WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department has permanently eliminated beneficial ownership reporting requirements for U.S. companies and individuals, cementing a major rollback of the Corporate Transparency Act that the Trump administration… Read More
Berkshire’s Abel Era Takes Shape
For years, one of the biggest questions surrounding Berkshire Hathaway was what would happen to its enormous cash pile once Warren Buffett was no longer running the company. Investors may… Read More
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Teton Auto Group Expands Into Montana With Bozeman Dealership Acquisition
Idaho Falls-based Teton Auto Group has acquired Audi of Bozeman and Volkswagen of Bozeman, marking the family-owned auto retailer’s first expansion into Montana and adding the Audi luxury brand to… Read More
TIKTOK TO PAY $400 MILLION TO SETTLE CHILDREN’S PRIVACY SUIT
Second tranche of $100 million is contingent on a court vacating a consent decree against predecessor Musical.ly TikTok and its parent ByteDance agreed to pay $400 million to resolve Justice… Read More
NVIDIA HEADS INTO EARNINGS
Nvidia has beaten Wall Street’s earnings estimate in each of the past six quarters, by an average of roughly 5.6%. Its shares have declined the following session all six times…. Read More
GRIFFIN SAYS CITADEL HAS UNWOUND MOST OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS BOOK
Firm’s flagship multistrategy fund rose 5.9% in July, among its best months since 2022 Citadel has unwound more than 80% of the risk tied to the portfolio it acquired from… Read More
Bitcoin and Gold Surge After a Bruising Start to August
Bitcoin and gold both staged dramatic reversals this week after weeks of lackluster performance, with the cryptocurrency posting gains of nearly 24% and the precious metal climbing past $4,600 an… Read More
Montana Ranks Second in Nation for Hourly Wage Growth
HELENA, Mont. — Montana recorded the second-highest growth in average hourly wages in the country last year, adding to signs of continued strength in the state’s labor market and economy…. Read More
Treasury Permanently Ends Beneficial Ownership Reporting for U.S. Businesses
WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department has permanently eliminated beneficial ownership reporting requirements for U.S. companies and individuals, cementing a major rollback of the Corporate Transparency Act that the Trump administration… Read More
Amazon Pays $2.25 Million to Settle Federal Identity Theft Records Case
Amazon agreed to pay a record $2.25 million civil penalty and submit to a court injunction to resolve allegations it repeatedly denied identity theft victims access to transaction records they… Read More
Berkshire’s Abel Era Takes Shape
For years, one of the biggest questions surrounding Berkshire Hathaway was what would happen to its enormous cash pile once Warren Buffett was no longer running the company. Investors may… Read More
Kellogg to Remove Artificial Dyes From Cereals by End of Year
Kellogg said it will remove artificial colors from all its cereals by the end of this year, moving up a timeline the company set just last August by more than… Read More
Study: Scams Cost Americans $68 Billion
An estimated 15 million U.S. adults, or 6% of the population, were victims of financial scams in 2025, with total losses reaching approximately $68 billion, according to a study released… Read More
Applied Materials Report Seen as Bellwether for AI Capital Spending
Applied Materials is set to report fiscal third-quarter earnings Thursday after the market closes, with investors looking for signs that booming investment in artificial intelligence continues to drive demand for… Read More
Study: Employer-Owners Lead in Income and Life Satisfaction
Business owners’ outlook on the environment for starting and running a company has soured even as ownership continues to correlate with stronger financial and personal wellbeing, according to the third… Read More
July CPI Report Wednesday Could Be a Major Test for Markets and the Fed
Investors will get one of the most important economic reports of the month Wednesday morning when the government releases its July Consumer Price Index, providing the latest look at inflation… Read More
CoreWeave Set to Report Second-Quarter Results Tuesday
CoreWeave is set to report second-quarter earnings Tuesday after the market closes, giving investors another look at whether massive spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure is translating into sustainable growth. The… Read More
Friedberg Says Starlink Could Become a $1 Trillion Business
Elon Musk said this week that Starlink’s long-term revenue potential could be far larger than a bullish estimate offered by former Alphabet executive and venture capitalist David Friedberg, as the… Read More
Gold’s Surge Sets High Bar for Barrick Earnings Monday
Barrick Mining will report second-quarter earnings Monday morning, with investors looking to see how much the surge in gold prices is flowing through to the mining giant’s bottom line. Barrick… Read More
Dow, S&P 500 Hit All-Time Highs on Strong Earnings
The S&P 500 closed at an all-time high Tuesday for the first time in two months, as strong corporate earnings, falling oil prices and renewed optimism over a potential agreement… Read More
SpaceX Revenue Jumps 92% in First Post-IPO Report
SpaceX posted its first earnings report since its record June IPO Tuesday, beating revenue estimates by a wide margin but sending its stock down roughly 8% in after-hours trading as… Read More
Paramount Delays Warner Merger Closing Until 2027 Amid States’ Legal Challenge
Paramount has agreed to delay closing its $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery until at least June 2027, a stunning development that comes as a federal judge considers a… Read More
Commerce Announces $781,000 in Grant Funding to Boost International Sales for Montana Small Businesses
The Montana Department of Commerce announced that $781,000 in federal grant funding is available to help small Montana businesses accelerate and grow international sales — an amount tied for the… Read More
Morgan Stanley: SpaceX at $100 Would Value Its AI Business at Zero
SpaceX shares have fallen roughly 50% from their post-IPO peak, and Morgan Stanley is warning that a further slide to $100 — a level many investors consider realistic — would… Read More
American Express Q2 Beat Fails to Impress Investors
American Express reported second-quarter profits rose 8% from a year earlier, beating Wall Street’s expectations, but shares fell roughly 6% Friday as investors focused on unchanged full-year earnings guidance and… Read More
Montana Ranks as Top 10 State for Job Growth
Montana ranked ninth in the nation for year-over-year job growth, Gov. Greg Gianforte announced, citing a new report placing the state among the country’s strongest job markets. According to a… Read More
First Interstate Named to TIME’s America’s Best Companies 2026
First Interstate BancSystem has been named to TIME magazine’s inaugural America’s Best Companies 2026 list, a recognition the Billings-based regional bank’s leadership credited to its people and its approach to… Read More
What Would Mark Cuban Do With $100,000? The Answer Might Surprise You
Most financial advice from billionaires sounds something like this: diversify your portfolio, buy index funds, think long-term, let compound interest do the heavy lifting. Mark Cuban’s advice on what to… Read More
Forbes Names Stockman Bank Montana’s #1 Best-In-State Bank for 2026
Stockman Bank has been named the top bank in Montana on Forbes’ 2026 list of America’s Best-In-State Banks, marking another year at the top of the statewide ranking for Montana’s… Read More
Costco Posts Strong June Sales as Membership Model Continues to Deliver
Costco Wholesale reported June net sales of $29.24 billion, a 10.6% year-over-year increase for the five-week retail period ending July 5, offering fresh evidence that the warehouse retailer’s distinctive business… Read More
No Delays for Nvidia: Jensen Huang Says Rubin Is Right on Track
Nvidia has built its dominant position in the artificial intelligence chip market by consistently delivering on promises that once seemed impossibly ambitious. Now, with expectations running at record highs and… Read More
Stocks End Week Lower as Tech Sell-Off Drags on Markets
Wall Street posted weekly losses across the board as a sell-off in semiconductor and technology stocks outweighed a string of solid earnings reports, snapping what had been a period of… Read More
$800 Million Janicki Campus Breaks Ground in Great Falls
Gov. Greg Gianforte joined Janicki Industries leadership to break ground on the company’s $800 million, 1.6 million-square-foot manufacturing campus in Great Falls, marking the formal start of what is expected… Read More
Microsoft cuts over 600 Washington jobs, 4,800 globally amid corporate restructuring
Microsoft announced layoffs Monday impacting 605 workers based out of Washington, part of a planned broader corporate restructuring that will eliminate 4,800 employees globally. According to the Washington Employment Security Department… Read More
Texas Stock Exchange launches trading in test of upstart’s challenge to Wall Street
The Texas Stock Exchange commenced trading on Monday, kickstarting the first real test of one of the most well-funded new exchanges to launch in decades. The Texas Stock Exchange, a… Read More
Montana’s Unemployment Rate Falls to 3.4%
Montana’s unemployment rate ticked down to 3.4% in May, Gov. Greg Gianforte announced, remaining below the national unemployment rate, which held steady at 4.3% over the month. “Since taking office,… Read More
New Members Named to Minneapolis Fed Advisory Council
Appointees offer insight on community banking, regional economy, including one from Montana Three community bank executives were appointed this spring to an advisory council by Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis… Read More
Barry Diller Bids $18 Billion to Take MGM Resorts Private
Barry Diller’s People Inc. submitted a non-binding proposal to MGM Resorts International’s board on June 1 to acquire the roughly 74% of the company it doesn’t already own, in a… Read More
SpaceX Becomes World’s Fifth Most Valuable Company
Stock’s blistering post-IPO run has investors betting on Musk’s broader ambitions in AI, even as some analysts call the valuation overheated Space Exploration Technologies Corp., the Elon Musk-led rocket and… Read More
Nobel Laureate John Jumper to Leave Google DeepMind for Anthropic
Senior research scientist John Jumper said Friday he would leave Google DeepMind to join Anthropic, the latest high-profile departure from the tech giant’s AI research division. Jumper, who shared the… Read More
Snap Spins Off Gen-AI Video Team to Form Dotmo, a New Independent Firm
Social-media company sheds in-house AI video unit as it looks to rein in the rising costs of developing generative-AI models and immersive gaming products Snap Inc. is carving out its… Read More
Montana Named Top State to Start a Business
Montana earned recognition as one of the nation’s premier destinations for entrepreneurs, landing in the top 15 states in a WalletHub study ranking all 50 states on their business startup… Read More
Justice Department Approves Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division has approved Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, clearing the largest regulatory hurdle facing one of the most closely watched media mergers… Read More
SpaceX Makes History With Record-Breaking $75 Billion IPO
Elon Musk’s SpaceX priced its initial public offering Thursday, raising $75 billion and cementing the rocket maker’s place among the world’s most valuable companies in what stands as the largest… Read More
Montana governor to Washington companies: We want your business
(The Center Square) – The Governor of Montana tells The Center Square he hopes to lure more out of state business expansion into his state, following this week’s announcement that… Read More
Texas tops California, New York, with the most Fortune 500 headquarters
(The Center Square) – Under Gov. Greg Abbott, the most Fortune 500 headquarters are now located in Texas. According to Fortune Media’s 2026 Fortune 500 list, its top companies are headquartered… Read More
Janicki Industries Selects Great Falls for $800 Million Manufacturing Campus
GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Gov. Greg Gianforte announced that Janicki Industries selected Great Falls as the site of an $800 million manufacturing campus expected to create more than 1,000 jobs… Read More
Cattle Markets Swing Wildly as Screwworm Fears Rattle Traders
CHICAGO — Cattle futures posted a turbulent week, surging to strong resistance levels Thursday before retreating sharply Friday as renewed fears about New World Screwworm cases in Texas sent traders… Read More
Warsh Takes the Wheel at the Fed
WASHINGTON — Kevin Warsh begins his first full week as chairman of the Federal Reserve today with markets watching closely for early signals on monetary policy direction as stubbornly high… Read More
MGM, Caesars Takeover Bids Signal New Era for Las Vegas
The Las Vegas Strip is facing a wave of consolidation unlike anything seen in a generation, with two major casino takeover deals announced in the span of days that could… Read More