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Regional auction lists livestock prices

by Staff Report December 21, 2016

Gerard Farco follows stock prices at the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, in New York. The Dow is close to the 20,000 mark. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Health stocks skid, leading indexes lower

by Marley Jay Associated PressDecember 21, 2016

Renderings of the three-story Homewood Suites at Hilton hotel planned for an undeveloped lot next to the Home Depot in Hadley on Dec. 20, 2016.

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Hadley planners take initial look at hotel project

by Jack Suntrup @JackSuntrupDecember 21, 2016

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2014, file photo, people walk to work on Wall Street beneath a statue of George Washington, in New York. Major stock indexes are opening at record levels Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, as banks trade higher thanks to a recovery in bond yields and interest rates. The Dow Jones industrial average is closer than ever to the 20,000 mark. Industrial and consumer companies are building on their recent gains. Cruise line operator Carnival is rising after a strong quarterly report. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Dow inches close to 20,000

by Marley Jay Associated PressDecember 20, 2016

FILE - In this May 14, 2015, file photo, the oil drilling rig Polar Pioneer is towed toward a dock in Elliott Bay in Seattle. The rig was the first of two drilling rigs Royal Dutch Shell was outfitting for Arctic oil exploration. President Barack Obama is expected to order wide swaths of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans placed permanently off-limits for oil drilling, in an 11th-hour push for environmental protection before he leaves office. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Obama bans future oil leases in bulk of Arctic, Atlantic

by Kevin Freking Associated PressDecember 20, 2016

A photo of Russell Street Hospitality’s plans for a three-story hotel next to the Home Depot on Russell Street, Dec. 19, 2016.

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Hotel eyed next to Home Depot in Hadley

by Jack Suntrup @JackSuntrupDecember 20, 2016

Tim Mitrovich of Kayon Accelerator, left, UMass Amherst student Eli Bucher, Bryon Wells of Amherst and David Vogel of Kayon Accelerator talk Dec. 14, 2016 at AmherstWorks coworking space on Amity Street. Kayon Accelerator is a new Amherst-based entity that will help entrepreneurs with seed capital and hands-on assistance starting in February. In exchange, Kayon will take ownership in small pieces of the companies it invests in.

New Amherst investment company aims to ‘accelerate’ startup businesses

by Scott Merzbach Staff WriterDecember 18, 2016

Polly Anderson, of Shelburne Falls, wheels her Christmas tree through one of the fields at Cranston Christmas Tree Farm in Ashfield with her husband Michael McCusker.

Connections with customers at heart of family-owned Cranston Christmas Tree Farm

by Miranda Davis For the GazetteDecember 18, 2016

Trader Peter Tuchman wears his "Dow Almost 20,000" cap as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. Stocks are opening moderately higher on Wall Street and the dollar is making more gains against other currencies a day after the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Banks lead stock indexes higher, and US dollar soars

by Stan Choe Associated PressDecember 15, 2016

Trader John Romolo works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016. Stocks slipped Wednesday after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates on the back of a strengthening job market and increased its forecast for rate hikes next year. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Asian shares extend losses after Fed rate hike

by Elaine Kurtenbach AP Business WriterDecember 15, 2016