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Business Briefs for Nov. 12

Schaar receives Accredited Portfolio Management Adviser Designation Trisha Schaar, CRPC, CLTC, APMA a financial adviser with Echelon Wealth Partners, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. in Marshall, has achieved the professional designation of Accredited ...

Stocks end a strong week with losses as Apple shares skid

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks slipped Friday as Apple absorbed its worst loss in more than four years. Thanks to gains over the previous three days, the S&P 500 index finished with its biggest weekly increase since March. Apple, the world’s largest technology company, forecast weak ...

Avera donates $50,000 to Holy Redeemer school

MARSHALL — When Holy Redeemer School started talking about a building renovation project, the decision by Avera to offer support was an easy one to make, according to its Regional President and CEO Mary Maertens. “We wanted to partner with Holy Redeemer in a meaningful way,” Maertens ...

Shoppers may face hard choices again on health marketplaces

Insurance shoppers likely will have several choices for individual health coverage this fall. The bad news? There’s no guarantee they will cover certain doctors or prescriptions. Health insurers have stopped fleeing the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces and they've toned premium hikes ...

Stocks slump again; S&P 500, Dow back into red for year

Stocks are back in the red for the year after another wave of selling hit Wall Street Friday. The latest plunge came at the end of an unusually turbulent week of trading that had one huge gain sandwiched between massive losses. A three-week slide has left the benchmark S&P 500 index on ...

GM proposes nationwide zero-emissions vehicle sales mandate

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors says it will ask the federal government for one national gas mileage standard, including a requirement that a percentage of auto companies' sales be zero-emissions vehicles. Mark Reuss, GM’s executive vice president of product development, said the company ...