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Jennifer Bjorhus

Business reporter | Banking and the economy

Phone: 612-673-4683

Email: jennifer.bjorhus@startribune.com

Jennifer Bjorhus is an enterprise reporter in the Star Tribune’s business section covering banking and the economy.

U.S. Bank starts $1M housing fund

Its no-interest financing is aimed at neighborhood developers who redevelop foreclosed sites.

Updated: July 11, 2012, - 10:46 PM

Subprime lending on rise for autos, credit cards

But a survey shows that many banks remain cautious about lending to those with damaged credit histories.

Updated: July 10, 2012, - 11:32 PM

Part 3: Farmers' safety net is now a money bag

Many crop insurance policies guarantee a profit, which, some say, feeds competition - and boosts prices -- for cropland. Who pays? Taxpayers.

Updated: July 05, 2012, - 06:44 AM

U.S. Bank to pay $55M to settle overdraft lawsuits

It will pay $55 million for hiking fees by reordering transactions.

Updated: July 02, 2012, - 08:20 PM

New app points the way to the bank

U.S. Bank is testing an "augmented reality" app that makes it easy to find branches and ATMs.

Updated: June 30, 2012, - 05:30 PM

TCF relents and brings back free checking

The bank said it decided to once again offer the accounts it pioneered because customers said they wanted it.

Updated: June 27, 2012, - 09:39 PM

Wells Fargo buys large loan portfolio from German bank

The package from WestLB AG includes short-term loans to private equity funds and real estate investment trusts.

Updated: June 25, 2012, - 08:32 PM

Part 2: Hot investments turn from the stock market to farmland

Compared to the volatile stock market and the feeble returns from bonds, farmland offers booming cash rents that have made it something of an "it" investment.

Updated: June 24, 2012, - 07:10 AM

Part 1: High cropland prices in Midwest sow fortune and worry

The agriculture industry is riding high, leading to a wave of expansion driving up the cost of cropland. Ever-new record prices raise worries the bubble is about to burst.

Updated: June 17, 2012, - 08:14 AM