Business links for the day from Minnesota, the Upper Midwest and the world.
By adambelz
November 19, 2014 — 10:09am
How "Frozen" became a branding juggernaut – NY Times Uber's Travis Kalanick, the smartest bro in the room – San Francisco Mag How Firestone helped usher Liberia's Charles Taylor to power – ProPublica Detroit mayor to Pope Francis: Visit Detroit! – Detroit Free Press Senate narrowly defeats Keystone pipeline bill – WSJ Historic Mott Building in Cedar Rapids gets new life – Gazette Jim Knoblach named chair of MN House Ways and Means – St. Cloud Times Rattner: Gov't should do more to stem income inequality – NY Times Deep Horizon oil spill may have set back Texas sea turtles – Houston Chronicle "Vape" is Oxford Dictionary word of the year – NPR Why the press is less free today – New Yorker
After protests, the Minnesota Department of Corrections says it has begun moving toward use of electronic searches. "We want to reduce the risk of further traumatizing people," Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell said.