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US stocks rally to records on hopes for cuts to interest rates

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market rallied to records on Tuesday after data suggested inflation across the country was a touch better last month than economists expected. The S&P 500 rose 1.1% to top its all-time high set two weeks ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 483 ...

Whitmer told Trump auto jobs depend on tariff change of course

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer met privately in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump to make a case he did not want to hear: The automotive industry he said he wants to save was being hurt by his tariffs. The Democrat came with a slide deck to make her points in a ...

Ribbon-cutting in downtown IM for Deeply Grounded Massage & Bodywork

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Dickinson Area Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed Deeply Grounded Massage & Bodywork to the community with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in downtown Iron Mountain. Owned and operated by licensed massage therapist Joshua Schaefer, Deeply Grounded Massage & Bodywork offers ...

NMU alumni company captures space object on International Space Station

MARQUETTE – Satellites orbiting Earth facilitate every GPS ping, global communication, weather prediction and live stream. But when they drift off course or end their missions, there has been no way to safely move, repair or retire them — until now. Kall Morris Inc., a Northern Michigan ...

Midwest-based newspaper chain closes in five states

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Dozens of communities in the Midwest and West learned Thursday they had lost their newspapers after an Illinois-based publisher announced it would abruptly close because of financial problems. News Media Corp., which owns local newspapers across five states, said it ...