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US consumers boosted spending in April as inflation surged

WASHINGTON — Americans increased their spending by 0.5% in April, a slowdown after a massive gain in March that had been powered by the distribution of billions of dollars in individual stimulus checks. Even with the pullback from a 4.7% surge in spending in March, the April increase ...

Business Briefs for May 25

Tracy nurse honored with prestigious nursing award Katie Alms, an RN at Sanford Tracy Medical Center, received the Structural Empowerment Nurse Award earlier this month at a Sanford Health nursing recognition event held in Sioux Falls. The Structural Empowerment Nurse Award recognizes ...

Business Briefs for May 14

Orthopedics and General Surgery physicians join Avera Medical Group Marshall Dr. Daniel Lister, Orthopedics, and Dr. Keyur Shah, General Surgery, joined Avera Medical Group in Marshall on May 3. Dr. Lister has provided locums orthopedic coverage in Marshall several times, and now joins the ...

Business Briefs for May 7

North Star announces promotions North Star Mutual Insurance recently announced the promotions of three employees. Amy Herrick has been promoted to vice president of Underwriting. She has worked for North Star since 1993 and most recently held the position of Department Manager of the ...

Stocks end a wobbly day with mixed results; yields rise

U.S. stock indexes ended a choppy day of trading little changed Friday, though the S&P 500 finished with its first weekly loss in three weeks. The benchmark index slipped 0.2%, extending its losing streak to a fourth day, after wavering between small gains and losses for most of the day. ...