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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

June 23, 2026

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

June 21, 2026

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

June 19, 2026

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

June 13, 2026

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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

June 23, 2026

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

June 21, 2026

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

June 21, 2026

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

June 19, 2026

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

June 17, 2026

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

June 15, 2026

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

June 13, 2026

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

June 10, 2026

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

June 9, 2026

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

June 9, 2026

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

June 7, 2026

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

June 2, 2026

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

June 2, 2026

Texas sues Discord, arguing online messaging platform endangered children, misled users

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing online messaging platform Discord, accusing the tech company of exposing children to predators using the service and deceiving users about the safety of… Read More

May 28, 2026

Death at SpaceX’s Starbase prompts workplace safety investigation

McALLEN — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating an incident at SpaceX’s South Texas facilities that resulted in the death of a worker. Jose Luis Bautista, a 25-year-old… Read More

May 24, 2026

Short Sellers Circle Micron Even as AI Chip Demand Drives Record Gains

NEW YORK — Micron Technology has emerged as one of the defining stock stories of the artificial intelligence era, but a growing contingent of Wall Street bears is quietly wagering… Read More

May 23, 2026

Arizona Lemonade Brand Hits Montana Shelves With a Nod to the State Fruit

AZ Lemonade Stand, an Arizona-based premium lemonade brand, is rolling out across Montana retailers this month, bringing five flavors to Town Pump, Super 1 Foods, Rosauers, and Thriftway Food Stores… Read More

May 16, 2026

Pentagon Pumps $191 Million Into Rocket Motor Supply Chain

The Department of War has awarded $27.3 million to Pacific Scientific Energetic Materials Company, bringing its total investment in the solid rocket motor supply chain to $191 million since December… Read More

May 16, 2026

Stocks Post Sixth Straight Weekly Gain

Wall Street extended its winning streak to six consecutive weeks, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both closing at all-time highs Friday after a week marked by robust corporate… Read More

May 10, 2026

Butte-Based Silver Bow Mining Rings NYSE Opening Bell

A Montana minerals exploration company marked its arrival on a U.S. national securities exchange Thursday when Silver Bow Mining Corp. leadership rang the opening bell at the New York Stock… Read More

May 9, 2026

U.S. Economy Added 177,000 Jobs in April

Factory construction hiring surged and labor force participation held near historic highs, though the figures reflect a workforce reshaped in part by a sharp reduction in federal employment. The U.S…. Read More

May 9, 2026

Bridger Photonics Unveils New Platform to Streamline Emissions Management

Bridger Photonics, the global leader in emissions detection and intelligence, has announced the launch of Bridger Command™, an interactive emissions management platform designed to help oil and gas operators turn… Read More

May 2, 2026

Spirit Airlines Ceases Operations

Spirit Airlines announced on May 2 that it was suspending all operations after years of financial hardships, compounded by a recent spike in fuel prices, leaving travelers scrambling for alternative… Read More

May 2, 2026

Berkshire Hathaway Posts Strong First Quarter

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. reported net earnings attributable to shareholders of $10.1 billion in the first quarter of 2026, more than double the $4.6 billion reported in the same period a… Read More

May 2, 2026

Stocks Close Out Strong Week

Wall Street capped a strong week with fresh all-time highs on Friday, as upbeat earnings from Apple and hopes for a resolution to the U.S.-Iran conflict helped push major indexes… Read More

May 2, 2026

Have U.S. consumers gone “K-shaped”? A review of the data

The term “K-shaped economy” arose after the COVID-19 pandemic to characterize the diverging economic paths of high-income Americans and everyone else. It became ubiquitous in 2025, one of the “biggest… Read More

April 25, 2026

Intel Earnings Signal CPU Demand Is Outrunning Supply

Intel Corporation delivered a quarterly report that suggests one of the most important markets in technology is tightening again: central processing units are in short supply just as demand rebounds…. Read More

April 25, 2026

Gianforte, BHE Montana Celebrate New Great Falls Office

Gov. Greg Gianforte joined leaders from BHE Montana in Great Falls to celebrate the opening of the company’s new office and to emphasize the need for affordable, reliable energy as… Read More

April 25, 2026

U.S. Manufacturing Roars Back

American manufacturing is showing fresh momentum, with factory activity climbing to its strongest level in four years as companies expand domestic production and investors warm to an industrial rebound. Recent… Read More

April 25, 2026

Tesla Bulls Say Heavy Spending Is the Price of Becoming an AI Powerhouse

Tesla, Inc. investors are again confronting the company’s defining question: Is it an automaker with an expensive valuation, or an artificial-intelligence company still early in its growth story? The debate… Read More

April 25, 2026

Bozeman Semiconductor Manufacturer Breaks Ground on 80,000-Square-Foot Expansion

Lattice Materials, a Bozeman company that manufactures custom silicon and germanium crystals for defense, aerospace and semiconductor customers, broke ground Wednesday on a new 80,000-square-foot facility that will more than… Read More

April 14, 2026

Markets Post Best Week Since November as Iran Ceasefire Fuels Relief Rally

U.S. stocks logged their strongest weekly performance since November, as a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire between the United States and Iran triggered a sweeping relief rally that unwound much of the damage… Read More

April 12, 2026

Judge Extends Freeze on Nexstar-Tegna Merger

A federal judge on Friday extended an emergency order keeping Nexstar Media Group and Tegna operating as separate companies for another week, as he weighs whether to issue a longer… Read More

April 11, 2026

Glass Lewis Backs Warner Bros.-Paramount Merger

Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis has recommended that Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders vote in favor of the company’s $110 billion merger with Paramount Skydance, adding influential institutional support to the… Read More

April 11, 2026

Third Point Abandons CoStar Campaign, Dumps Entire Stake

Daniel Loeb’s hedge fund Third Point has walked away from its activist campaign against CoStar Group, selling its entire position in the real estate data company after concluding that its… Read More

April 11, 2026

Hi-Country Snack Foods pauses production

Hi-Country Snack Foods, a nearly 50-year-old Montana jerky maker and one of the largest employers in the small mountain community of Lincoln, has paused production — a development that raises… Read More

April 4, 2026

Financial services jobs boom in Montana

Montana’s financial and professional services sector has emerged as the leading driver of state economic production, according to a new analysis from the Department of Labor and Industry released as… Read More

April 4, 2026

Shareholders approve NorthWestern Energy, Black Hills merger

Shareholders of both NorthWestern Energy and Black Hills Corp. have voted to approve a proposed all-stock merger that would combine the two regional utilities into a new company called Bright… Read More

April 4, 2026

Bank of America to Pay $72.5 Million to Settle Epstein Victims Lawsuit

Bank of America has agreed to pay $72.5 million to settle a federal class-action lawsuit accusing the bank of helping facilitate Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation — becoming the latest… Read More

April 2, 2026

Bozeman-Based Texbase Launches New Solution for CPSC eFiling

Bozeman-based Texbase Inc. has announced the release of a new platform capability designed to streamline product compliance reporting for consumer brands and retailers. The new feature, Texbase for eFiling, allows… Read More

April 2, 2026

Microsoft Takes Over Texas AI Data Center Expansion After OpenAI Pulls Back

Microsoft is taking over a major AI data center expansion project in Abilene, Texas, after OpenAI decided not to move forward with the additional buildout, signaling a continued shift as… Read More

April 1, 2026

Montana Knife Company Opens New Missoula Facility

Montana Knife Company has opened a new 51,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Missoula, marking a major expansion for the fast-growing knife maker and underscoring its commitment to American-based production and job… Read More

March 31, 2026

Small Business Confidence Edges Lower

America’s small business owners pulled back slightly on their optimism in February, according to the latest data from the National Federation of Independent Business, with the group’s Small Business Optimism… Read More

March 31, 2026

FSOC Proposes New Guidance for Nonbank Financial Company Designations

The Financial Stability Oversight Council voted unanimously this week to release proposed interpretive guidance for public comment on how it designates nonbank financial companies as potential threats to U.S. financial… Read More

March 31, 2026

Fed and Central Banks Flag Energy Shock Risks to Inflation and Growth

Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson issued a stark warning this week about the economic risks posed by surging energy prices, telling audiences that a sustained rise in oil and… Read More

March 30, 2026

U.S. Appeals Court Overturns $16 Billion Judgment in Argentina YPF Case

A federal appeals court has overturned a $16.1 billion judgment against Argentina tied to the nationalization of energy company YPF, delivering a major legal victory for the South American country… Read More

March 29, 2026

Public Invited to Weigh In on Montana Workforce Strategy Overhaul

State officials are inviting public input on a proposed overhaul of Montana’s workforce development strategy, aimed at better aligning education, job training, and industry needs across the state. The Montana… Read More

March 29, 2026

Stocks End Week Mixed as Tech Strength Offsets Broader Market Weakness

U.S. stocks closed the week with mixed results, as gains in large-cap technology companies helped offset broader weakness across financials, energy, and industrial sectors. The S&P 500 finished little changed… Read More

March 28, 2026

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