...chose products to sell, the co-op needs at least 1,500 members. Forming a member base is going well, according to Hans Geier, who noted that as of Friday evening, the co-op had 943 members dedicated to the cause. That number grew Saturday...

...the GMD program is typically $8 billion to $10 billion a year nationally. The UAF study, led by economics professor Hans Geier, found that the average Boeing GMD worker in 2007 earned about 1.7 times the average wage in Alaska. Other economic...