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The chairman of Estee Lauder hypothesized that lipstick purchases are a way to gauge the economy. When it's shaky, he said, sales increase as women boost their mood with inexpensive lipstick purchases instead of $500 slingbacks.

A longtime family-owned business is the latest casualty in our struggling economy. After 83 years in business, Riemeier Lumber Co in Bond Hill is closing their doors.

The agriculture and energy sectors are still the backbone of the county's economy, but transportation logistics, business and professional services and health care are growing quickly. That's the good news in "Monitoring Economic Development Strategy:

Singapore kept its top ranking for the third year in a row as the easiest place in the world to do business, the World Bank said in a report Wednesday.