http://www.nbcmontana.com/-/14594424/14595028/-/yhgc7u/-/index.html NBC Montana recent articles. en-US © 2012 NBC Montana. Home Home en-US © 2012 NBC Montana. http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/money/Merger-Monday-on-Wall-Street/-/14594496/20217906/-/w85jo8z/-/index.html Investors welcomed a pair of corporate mergers Monday, but stocks were only modestly higher as investors await comments from Federal Reserve officials later in the week. The Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were all up about 0... Mon, 20 May 2013 15:51:57 GMT 20217906 2013-05-20T15:51:57Z http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/money/supersize-your-takeout-seamless-grubhub-merge/-/14594496/20218678/-/1i8wenz/-/index.html Your options for takeout orders just doubled. Two leaders in restaurant food delivery, Seamless and GrubHub, announced that they will merge on Monday. Mon, 20 May 2013 14:49:03 GMT 20218678 2013-05-20T14:49:03Z http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/money/Amateur-investors-tap-401-k-s-to-buy-homes/-/14594496/20215402/-/10clvxc/-/index.html In order to get in on hot housing markets, amateur investors are buying up homes and taking risky measures -- like tapping their retirement accounts -- to fund the deals. "We're seeing many people cash out 401(k)s or IRAs because they want to take adv... Mon, 20 May 2013 14:47:49 GMT 20215402 2013-05-20T14:47:49Z http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/money/yahoo-buys-tumblr-promises-to-not-screw-it-up/-/14594496/20216770/-/9wwi86/-/index.html Yahoo announced a $1.1 billion deal for blogging site Tumblr early Monday, and said it "promises not to screw it up." The deal, which had been rumored since last Thursday, will help Yahoo to tap into the younger, active online user base at Tumblr. But... Mon, 20 May 2013 14:14:26 GMT 20216770 2013-05-20T14:14:26Z http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/money/Class-of-2013-grads-average-35-200-in-total-debt/-/14594496/20192168/-/gbmn5t/-/index.html The class of 2013 is in for a rude awakening this graduation season. Mon, 20 May 2013 10:35:20 GMT 20192168 2013-05-20T10:35:20Z http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/money/Gas-prices-lower-but-not-leading-to-more-spending/-/14594496/20214368/-/9x2yp6/-/index.html Gas prices are slightly lower this year, but that's not leading to a large pick-up in consumer spending, according to a survey by Bankrate.com. Mon, 20 May 2013 07:28:17 GMT 20214368 2013-05-20T07:28:17Z http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/money/Stocks-on-a-roll-Yahoo-Microsoft-stoke-appetite/-/14594496/20209850/-/gk9l9d/-/index.html Stocks are on a roll. For the fourth week in a row, the stock market climbed to fresh record highs last week on signs of improvement in the U.S. economy. Sun, 19 May 2013 17:01:51 GMT 20209850 2013-05-19T17:01:51Z http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/money/winklevoss-twins-are-bitcoin-bulls/-/14594496/20204842/-/t8eeu8z/-/index.html The Winklevoss brothers' legal battle with Facebook over the social network's messy creation made them rich. They eventually walked away with stock worth around $150 million at today's share price. (They haven't disclosed how much of the stock they'r... Sun, 19 May 2013 16:59:51 GMT 20204842 2013-05-19T16:59:51Z http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/money/dow-sets-new-record-on-consumer-optimism/-/14594496/20189908/-/n5gd57/-/index.html The stock market continued its march higher for a fourth week as investors focused on signs of improvement in the U.S. economy. Sun, 19 May 2013 16:48:20 GMT 20189908 2013-05-19T16:48:20Z http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/winning-powerball-ticket-sold-in-florida/-/14594602/20207758/-/k6tl6b/-/index.html The million-dollar questions have been answered. What are the Powerball numbers, and have any winning tickets been sold? Lottery officials released the winning numbers for the largest multistate Powerball jackpot: 22, 10,13,14, 52, and the Powerball n... Sun, 19 May 2013 09:35:41 GMT 20207758 2013-05-19T09:35:41Z