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.

Recent content from Adam Belz

Productive workers put brakes on hiring

Technology is helping industry to make more with fewer people.

Updated: September 01, 2012, - 11:20 PM

Job openings in Minnesota are the most since 2007

Job-hunting in Minnesota should be getting a little easier.

Updated: August 30, 2012, - 10:36 PM

China tensions hurt state's exports to Southeast Asia

Minnesota companies see drop in shipments as nations around China feel pressure.

Updated: August 29, 2012, - 10:36 PM

U prof translates into retirement

U of M economist John Chipman is translating an influential Italian text.

Updated: August 25, 2012, - 04:53 PM

U.S. urged to invest for far into future

The commerce secretary was in the Twin Cities to talk about wireless network.

Updated: August 21, 2012, - 09:40 PM

What's next for Schulze?

Arrival of new CEO adds a wrinkle to Best Buy founder's attempt to buy company.

Updated: August 20, 2012, - 09:34 PM

N.D. oil boom gives railroads new life in Minnesota, Wisconsin

Voracious demand for the hard, round Frac sand of Wisconsin and Minnesota has abruptly reversed a decades-long decline in the region's railroads.

Updated: August 18, 2012, - 05:33 PM

Bemis to close two factories in Twin Cities

By year's end, the Minneapolis and St. Louis Park plants will close. Company headquarters left in 2006, as operations have shifted to Wisconsin.

Updated: August 17, 2012, - 08:52 PM

Minn. adds 6,800 jobs, but jobless rate rises

While new jobs offered hope of modest growth, unemployment rate ticked up to 5.8 percent.

Updated: August 16, 2012, - 07:38 PM

Minn.'s exports up 2% for first six months

Growth in Minnesota's exports isn't yet on track to meet the goal of doubling by 2017, but officials see only brighter times ahead.

Updated: August 14, 2012, - 09:40 PM

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