• Home Repair Businesses Booming: Older homeowners are a growing market for repair and maintenance services. (Trend: Aging)
• Two More Companies Join Education Consortium: Corporations are taking active role in education as they seek to upgrade worker skills. (Trends: Slower Growth, Rising Dependency Ratio)
• From the Desk of the Marketplace Editor: Why Savings Are Going Up: Having learned from the mistakes of their parents and grandparents, young people are saving more. (Trends: aging, rising dependency ratio)
• Noristar Jobs Go to India: Data entry work is being moved to India because workers cannot be found locally. (Trend: slower growth)
• Dairy Prices Hit 10-Year High: Rising foreign sales offset decline in domestic demand. (Trends: aging, increasing diversity)
• Crime Pays for Prison Labor Broker: Melby Enterprises posts record profits. (Trend: Slower growth)
• Trade Office Opens in Shanghai: A consortium representing Minnesota, Manitoba, North Dakota and South Dakota opens a trade office in Shanghai. (Trend: increasing diversity)
• Lor Receives Award: Entrepreneur is recognized by Asian Business Council for his development of a popular large-screen video display terminal. (Trends: aging, increasing diversity)
• Not Yet Gazette's Entrepreneur of the Week: Tyrone McGlynn operates a successful van service in the suburbs. (Trends: aging, concentration in metropolitan regions)
• Bank Opens Rural Offices: DeSmet Bank cites low labor costs as major factor in choice of location for back offices. (Trend: concentration in metropolitan regions)
• Blarney People Adds Older Worker Subsidiary: Blarney People, the nation's third-largest temporary employment agency, has a new division specializing in older workers. (Trends: aging, slower growth)
• Hobby Farm Prices Soar: Retiring baby boomers have driven up prices of hobby farms. (Trends: aging, concentration in metropolitan regions)
• Dayton's Shrinks Oval Room to Expand "Gorditos": High fashion gives way to a popular large-size apparel line. (Trend: aging)
• Business Briefs: Good news about some thriving local businesses. (Trend: aging)
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