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He says the new deal with Canada and Mexico will keep jobs, wealth and growth in America.

CEO Clark Moseley said in a statement that the company appreciated efforts by the state to keep Spring Creek working.

While delivering benefits to American farmers, the new U.S.-Japan mini-deal does not resolve differences over trade in autos.

A fresh, protracted crisis could make it difficult to tackle other upcoming business such as a deal to prevent cuts to the Pentagon and domestic agencies.

The Associated Press obtained details of the agreement Thursday.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Wyoming mining company has signed an option agreement allowing it to ship up to 16 million tons of coal a year through a planned West Coast port. Cloud Peak Energy said Wednesday's deal involving Washington state's proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal will allow it to expand overseas sales amid weak domestic demand...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are moving sharply higher on Wall Street after lawmakers reached a last-minute budget agreement to avert sweeping tax increases and cuts to government spending programs. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 227 points at 13,331 shortly before midday Tuesday, the first trading day of 2013...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The tax package negotiated by President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans and passed by Congress will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase. But that doesn't mean that most of them won't see their taxes rise...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Coal companies have settled a dispute over a Montana mine in a deal both sides say will boost Asian export prospects through a West Coast port. But the mine's co-owner said Thursday those long-term plans won't stop up to 75 layoffs early next year...

GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — Genesee & Wyoming says it will buy fellow regional railroad operator RailAmerica for about $1.39 billion in cash. The Greenwich, Conn., company will pay $27.50 for each share of RailAmerica Inc., which is based in Jacksonville, Fla. ...