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Adam Belz

Business reporter | Economy

Phone: 612-673-4405

Adam covers the economy for the Star Tribune and maintains a blog called 3D Economics. He wrote for the Cedar Rapids Gazette and The Des Moines Register in Iowa before moving to Minnesota in June 2012.
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Mayo Clinic's two Rochester hospitals will merge

The move is a result of changes in health care regulation and a drive for greater operating efficiency.

Updated: March 26, 2013, - 08:08 PM

Schulze will face constraints in new role

Show up smiling at company functions. Give advice when the CEO asks for it. Mentor young executives. Those are the...

Updated: March 25, 2013, - 09:27 PM

Twin Cities auto dealerships are hiring as sales climb

Dealerships across the Twin Cities and the country are hiring, as sales recover from a recession that hit the automotive industry hard and early. “If I could find 30 good salespeople today, I would hire all of them, maybe more,” said Lisa Thornton of Morrie’s Automotive Group.

Updated: March 23, 2013, - 07:14 AM

Minnesota hiring continues to gain momentum; 14,500 jobs added

February capped the strongest six-month streak of job gains in Minnesota in nearly 30 years, defying fears that federal budget gridlock and a round of across-the-board spending cuts would undermine business confidence.

Updated: March 22, 2013, - 05:45 AM

State exports set a record in 2012's fourth quarter

Growth in sales to Canada, Brazil helped boost exports by 0.6% to $5.1 billion.

Updated: March 19, 2013, - 10:54 PM

Minnesota is one of several states weighing shift to sales tax

Minnesota isn’t alone in looking at depending more on sales taxes.

Updated: March 04, 2013, - 06:26 AM

Fight over online sales tax in Minnesota gets personal

Online sales accounted for roughly 10 cents of every retail dollar spent in the United States last year, and the inability to tax that commerce has become a vexing problem both for state officials and for bricks-and-mortar business owners who argue that the system gives Internet sellers an unfair advantage.

Updated: March 03, 2013, - 07:58 AM