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Adam Belz

Business reporter | Economy

Phone: 612-673-4405

Adam covers the economy for the Star Tribune and maintains a blog called 3D Economics. He wrote for the Cedar Rapids Gazette and The Des Moines Register in Iowa before moving to Minnesota in June 2012.
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Part 2: Loggers feeling pain due to cuts in demand for wood

A once-booming industry has seen tree harvest dip 40 percent.

Updated: November 26, 2012, - 09:07 AM

More confident shoppers return to spending

A stronger economy is reflected in optimistic holiday forecasts and confidence at a five-year high.

Updated: November 25, 2012, - 11:43 AM

Part 1: As society sheds paper, an industry shrinks

River towns in the forest from eastern Washington to the coast of Maine have lost more than a hundred paper mills in a wave of consolidation in little more than a decade. In northern Minnesota, a region historically dependent on the trinity of timber, taconite and tourism, one corner of the economic foundation is wobbling.

Updated: November 20, 2012, - 10:03 AM

Consumers get optimistic, but CEOs hold back

The reason for the gap in perceptions is the struggling global economy, which is front of mind for many executives but less visible to the average consumer. The fact is that America's largest companies are less dependent on the U.S. market every year.

Updated: November 16, 2012, - 10:45 PM