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Phone: 612-673-4302

Lee Schafer came to the Star Tribune after 15 years as a corporate officer, consultant and investment banker in the Twin Cities. He has been a columnist for Twin Cities Business magazine and was senior editor for Corporate Report Minnesota.
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Schafer: The Bakken has proved its potential to investors

If Lutheran life insurers have jumped in, that should remove any remaining suspicions that the Bakken oil patch of North Dakota is best left to speculators and opportunists.

Updated: September 08, 2012, - 03:21 PM

Schafer: Health merger is not just geography

Understanding why Park Nicollet Health Services is merging with HealthPartners starts with overlaying maps of their clinic locations.

Updated: September 04, 2012, - 08:57 PM

U's Kaler: It's all about return on investment

University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler often speaks to service clubs and other groups, and he usually works in a variation of this: "For every state dollar invested in us, we return $13.20 to Minnesota's economy."

Updated: September 01, 2012, - 09:36 PM

Lee Schafer: Schulze still has the clout to buy back Best Buy

As a longtime resident of the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest Americans, Richard Schulze must have been surprised that investors showed so little interest in his bid for Best Buy Co.

Updated: August 30, 2012, - 11:18 AM

Imagining a world of no patents - or patent wars

The technology community has been transfixed by the Apple v. Samsung case, one of the most intense legal battles over patent rights since Apple took on Microsoft Corp. nearly 25 years ago for copying Apple software.

Updated: August 28, 2012, - 04:26 PM

Schafer: For Schulze, this is a most personal pursuit

Best Buy Co. and founder Richard Schulze can't even agree to take the first baby step in a deal.

Updated: August 20, 2012, - 09:25 PM

Schafer: Trucking software firm takes a new road

Jay Coughlan came to Xata Corp. as CEO in October 2006, when it was a sleepy microcap company that next to no one cared about, its stock trading just north of $5 per share.

Updated: August 16, 2012, - 10:46 AM

Schafer: Blue-chip firm vs. white-shoe lawyers

Folks who always cheer for an underdog won't be able to pick one out in 3M Co.'s escalating battle with the Washington law firm of Covington & Burling.

Updated: August 11, 2012, - 08:54 PM

Schafer: If Schulze wants BBY, let him have it

Trading for Best Buy Co. stock opened at $21.60 on Monday morning after founder Richard Schulze released his plan to purchase the company at $24 to $26 per share.

Updated: August 06, 2012, - 09:47 PM