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Business Digest: Gibraltar Packaging closing Indiana plant (Omaha World-Herald)
Gibraltar Packaging Group Inc., a maker of diversified packaging products based in Hastings, Neb., said it will close its Fort Wayne, Ind., folding-carton plant and consolidate operations with facilities in Nebraska and North Carolina.

Refinancing Car Loans Can Save After Interest Rate Cuts (Action News 4 Pittsburgh)
As interest rates drop, people's thoughts turn to refinancing -- refinancing their home loan, that is. What they don't know is that refinancing an auto loan is easier to do, and it can save you some serious money.

Flood Damage: Don't Get Soaked When Buying a Used Car
Carfax provides guidance and tips to help you spot vehicles with potential water damage.
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2006 NAIAS Coverage
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Vital Signs for the Week of Jan. 2 (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. economy is entering the New Year in good health. While economic growth in the fourth quarter of 2005 will end up being slower than in recent quarters, the latest data indicate that economic activity closed the year on an upswing. The financial markets are expecting more good news during the first week of 2006.

BUSINESS/AGRICULTURE (Grand Forks Herald)
After becoming Internet moguls, Google Inc. co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page are dipping their toes into Hollywood. The pair are executive producers of a low-budget, independent film to be released next year, "Broken Arrows," written and directed by a friend of theirs, Reid Gershbein.

2005 in Review: Year of anger finally comes to a close for Duneland and Porter County (Chesterton Tribune)
Call it the Year of Indignation. In 2005 it seemed at times as if everyone in public life was mad at someone else in public life. There were charges and countercharges, lawsuits and rumors of lawsuits.

A rough new year for consumers (MSNBC)
The U.S. economy's stalwarts will find themselves tested by higher prices for everything from bleach to natural gas in 2006.