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North Dakota's real-life Jed Clampett (CNN.com)
Herb Geving unleashes a broad smile in his 11,000-square-foot mansion. The former cattleman, farmer and owner of a North Dakota garbage business is now retired, able to count the dollar signs brought in by three oil wells. Puget Sound Bank Promotes Relationship Management and Operations Executives (Centre Daily Times)
Puget Sound Bank (OTCBB:PUGB) today announced the promotion of Steve Vincent and Katherine Thompson from vice president, relationship manager, to senior vice president, relationship manager. The bank also elevated David Stegmeier from assistant vice president, assistant relationship manager, to vice president, relationship manager, and Jana Westphal from assistant vice president, operations, to ... CNN - Rancher Strikes Oil, Gets Gobs Of $$$ (Local 10 Miami)
Herb Geving Chuckles When Asked If His First Oil Check Was For $10,000. "You Can Keep Going Up And Up And Up," He Says. A Small North Dakota Town Is Celebrating A Gold Rush Of Sorts -- Black Gold. Oil Is Everywhere, Jobs Are Booming. Some Strike It Rich. "It's Amazing," Geving Says. "You Just Walk To The Mailbox."Â Â Weyerhaeuser under pressure for more change (Seattle Times)
Weyerhaeuser faces intensifying pressure to shed more businesses and become a pared-down cash cow. Cider houses rule on Vancouver Island (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
VANCOUVER ISLAND, B.C. -- Culinary tourism thrives on British Columbia's largest island where the treasure hunt begins on family-owned farms and wineries tucked along backroads dotted with B&Bs and country bistros. ...
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