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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: Buying local isn't a radical idea

Keeping dollars in community doesn't mean boycotting Wal-Mart.

Updated: November 25, 2012, - 05:44 PM

Inside track: Thanksgiving fire marked a beginning for Faegre

Thirty years ago this weekend, the Minneapolis law firm then known as Faegre & Benson was scrambling to set up new offices for its 120-lawyer firm after a devastating Thanksgiving Day fire destroyed its offices in the Northwestern National Bank Building.

Updated: November 24, 2012, - 08:39 PM

St. Anthony: Business flexed its muscle in election

Call it the law of unintended consequences, times two.

Updated: November 18, 2012, - 06:58 PM

Smaller banks are fetching higher prices

Sales of community banks -- and the premiums being paid -- are accelerating, reports Fredrikson & Byron attorney Karen Grandstrand, a former top bank regulator for the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

Updated: November 17, 2012, - 04:16 PM

Plato Learning gets new name: Edmentum

The change reflects a growing product line for the online learning company.

Updated: November 15, 2012, - 12:15 AM

St. Anthony: Wells Fargo wealth unit gains footing

Abbot Downing family office now targets clients with $50 million or more in assets.

Updated: November 11, 2012, - 05:46 PM

ESOP experts walk the talk

An accounting firm that specializes in employee stock ownership plans became one itself about 10 years ago.

Updated: November 10, 2012, - 05:28 PM

'Robotapalooza' coming to Westin Edina Galleria

Executive Director Andrew Borene reports that Thursday's "Robotics Alley" conference at the Westin Edina Galleria Hotel will attract 300+ attendees, more than double last year's crowd, to learn the latest about breakthroughs in automated technology, establishment of the Twin Cities as a regional robotics center of excellence and industry topics that range from whether military robots save lives to the entertaining-to-creepy world of robot-human interaction.

Updated: November 10, 2012, - 05:20 PM