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Neal St. Anthony

Columnist, reporter | Business

Phone: 612-673-7144

Neal St. Anthony has been a business columnist and reporter for the Star Tribune for more than 25 years. He also has worked in financial communications for two publicly held companies.

Inside Track: Business owners urge quick landing from cliff

Count Intertech owner/CEO Tom Salonek among the swelling ranks of small-and-large business bosses who want a sooner- rather-than-later escape from the fiscal cliff.

Updated: December 31, 2012, - 11:01 AM

Famous Dave's recipe for success

The semiretired barbecue king is a humble guy who wants to make a difference.

Updated: December 30, 2012, - 04:37 PM

For Minnesota's largest nonprofits, a rebuilding year

Affordable housing builder CommonBond is among the savvy nonprofits taking good advantage of today's low interest rates. | Interactive listing of 17th Annual Nonprofit 100 |

Updated: December 27, 2012, - 09:23 AM

St. Anthony: Dunn Bros is the non-chain coffee chain

Dunn Bros Coffee came out of the recession smaller but stronger - and with big plans.

Updated: December 23, 2012, - 07:10 PM

Dunnm Bros Coffee

Fewer stores, higher revenue.

Updated: December 23, 2012, - 05:03 PM

TCF a takeover target? Maybe, but not quite yet

Deutsche Bank analyst Matt O'Connor released a research note last week in which he named TCF Financial Corp. a potential acquisition target.

Updated: December 22, 2012, - 04:32 PM

Judge backs Aetrium in dispute with activist shareholder

An activist shareholder trying to get control of tiny Aetrium Inc. of North St. Paul pledged Friday to "keep going" after a Ramsey County judge rejected installing New York investor Jeffrey Eberwein's slate of directors following a disputed shareholder vote earlier this month.

Updated: December 21, 2012, - 09:06 PM

Inside Track: Bus chief Zelle takes the wheel at MnDot

Charlie Zelle, Gov. Mark Dayton's choice to take over as commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), said last week that he has appointed a successor as CEO of Jefferson Lines, the interstate bus company that his grandfather founded.

Updated: December 15, 2012, - 05:39 PM

St. Anthony: Risk-taker Graves is back to business

Fresh from his foray into politics, he doesn't rule out a 2014 Bachmann rematch.

Updated: December 09, 2012, - 07:41 PM

Inside Track: Bringing a fitness center to the North Side

North Minneapolis chiropractor Tara Watson, who has operated her own business for nearly a decade, plans to expand through an Anytime Fitness franchise, next-door to her clinic at the rebounding commercial hub of W. Broadway and Penn Avenue N.

Updated: December 08, 2012, - 09:33 PM