The global economic downturn led to volatile demand from the Valve Manufacturing industry’s downstream markets over the past five years, but the industry is poised for solid growth over the next five years as the global economy improves and foreign markets demand specialty valves as they expand their infrastructure. For these reasons, industry research firm IBISWorld has added a report on the ...

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Dear Abby: I was surprised to see you equate a concerned grandmother's creative solution to smoking with bribery in your Feb. 14 column. The word "bribe" has a negative connotation.

The funeral service for Wayne A. Radi will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Crookston.

With Jack Lew now installed at Treasury, I decided to take a look at the annual report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), the Dodd-Frank creation that's supposed to monitor systemic risk. We already know the leanings of the not-so-new regime at Treasury: they think Dodd-Frank worked to secure a more stable financial system, an opinion reiterated Tuesday at a Senate Banking ...

DEAR ABBY: I was surprised to see you equate a concerned grandmother's creative solution to smoking with bribery in your Feb. 14 column. The word "bribe" has a negative connotation. What the grandmother did was offer an incentive, not a bribe, that will benefit her grandchildren in the long run. I think the woman should be congratulated.Now for a disclaimer: When my daughter was 14, I came up ...