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North Dakota offers a 'tax, regulatory and legal environment that’s quite extraordinary' reports a recent article in The Washington Times.

Revenge of the squares in North Dakota - Washington Times It was supposed to be the trendy places and the college towns, the warm-weather beaches and the hipsters' ski resorts where the new American culture would fund the new American economy. Instead, it's ... North Dakota: the cold end of the old buffalo commons, the back end of beyond.

Introducing "The Job Chronicles" ... It's an interesting new series by Marketplace Money.

Learning humility by losing your job | Marketplace From American Public Media Commentator Samantha Barnes describes what it's like to readjust to a new identity when you're forced to take a new, less quality job.

As if finding work weren't hard enough, a federal agency warns that some employers are excluding jobless workers from consideration for openings. Read more ...

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An Op-Ed columnist share his two cents ... .

Harold Meyerson - What's holding back the U.S. economy? Our economy could be suffering because we're not innovating like we used to.