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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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HealthPartners pursues reform with or without reform law

No matter what the Supreme Court rules on the federal law mandating universal coverage, here is what virtually all of the HealthPartners employees will have to start doing differently:

Updated: June 23, 2012, - 03:08 PM

Schafer: The myth of local government austerity

Public employee unions, policy pundits, and -- curiously -- some economists are increasingly complaining about micro-austerity policies. They mean local government job cuts, city by city and county by county, that they point to as a big reason this recovery's job growth has been so anemic.

Updated: June 20, 2012, - 09:16 PM

Schafer: Schulze's baby could turn into RadioShack

Richard M. Schulze reminded us 10 days ago that he is the founder of Best Buy Co. Inc., and it is still his baby.

Updated: June 17, 2012, - 10:35 AM

Introducing Lee Schafer

Lee Schafer's column will appear every Sunday and on a regular basis during the week. He joins the Star Tribune after previously writing a column for Twin Cities Business and working as an editor and writer for Corporate Report Minnesota. He also spent more than 15 years as an investment banker, corporate officer, director and consultant.

Updated: June 16, 2012, - 02:47 PM