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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.

St. Anthony: Do tax breaks for rich really 'create jobs'?

Some big paychecks in recent years have gone to executives at large corporations and hedge funds. Trouble is, they're often most interested in creating wealth by operating with fewer workers.

Updated: July 16, 2012, - 11:59 AM

Inside Track: Entrepreneurs bridge a cultural divide

Commerce and collaboration can trump national borders and religious differences when it comes to planning a better future.

Updated: July 14, 2012, - 09:01 PM

New refrigeration trucks are energy-savers

Thermo King's new refrigeration system for trucks now can power its cooling from the truck engine.

Updated: July 14, 2012, - 02:15 PM

St. Anthony: Capitalist trades 'paper profits' for nonprofit

Tollefson runs a group that trains disadvantaged youngsters.

Updated: July 08, 2012, - 04:18 PM

Winmark CEO keeps cool in poker tourney

Twin Cities businessman John Morgan was eliminated on the second of three days of last week's World Series of Poker celebrity tournament that sponsors said was the richest ever by virtue of the $1 million entry fee by 48 professionals, affluent businesspeople and philanthropists.

Updated: July 07, 2012, - 05:21 PM

Mechanical contractor in St. Paul grows with D.C. deal

St. Paul-based Harris Companies, one of the nation's largest mechanical contractors, will close next week on the acquisition of a Washington, D.C.-area commercial contractor. The deal will diversify Harris' territory and give it more access to government-related work.

Updated: July 03, 2012, - 11:22 AM

Halfway into 2012, solid gains for ST100

The Star Tribune 100 stock index at midyear shows 57 gainers and some reasons for optimism in the second half.

Updated: July 01, 2012, - 01:16 PM

Inside Track: Winmark's John Morgan antes up $1 million for poker tourney

Winmark CEO John Morgan is playing cards with the ultra-high rollers in Las Vegas this weekend.

Updated: June 30, 2012, - 09:57 PM

New Ulm wrestler makes Olympic team after all

Ali Bernard of New Ulm, Minn., was named to the U.S. Olympic wrestling team on Thursday after Stephany Lee, who defeated Bernard at the Olympic trials, was suspended because of a positive drug test.

Updated: June 28, 2012, - 08:12 PM

Thrifty retailer on a mission

Goodwill's ambitious strategy hit the market just as the recession took hold. And it has proved over the last decade that secondhand retailing, if presented in bright, clean, well-organized stores with bargain prices, can be a bona fide growth strategy,

Updated: June 24, 2012, - 04:50 PM