Business weekly features

Updated: December 21, 2012 - 4:18 PM

Below are features that run each week in the Star Tribune Business section.

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Mergers and acquisitions

By StarTribune October 21, 2012, 12:12 PM

Mergers and acquisitions involving Minnesota companies that were announced in the past week.

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Gadgets: Office equipment sized to suit small space

By StarTribune October 20, 2012, 05:04 PM

Realistically, most people have to take work home with them now and then. That means having at least a minimal amount of business equipment in the home. But you don't want your job taking over your life, nor do you want your business machines taking over your house.

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Eden Prairie firm is finalist for funding at Cleantech Open

By NEAL ST. ANTHONY, StarTribune October 20, 2012, 05:04 PM

IrriGreen, an Eden Prairie landscape-irrigation outfit that cuts installation time and water use in half through digital technology, is one of three finalists among 20 participants in the North Central Region of the Cleantech Open business-accelerator program. It will compete next month for $250,000 worth of cash and in-kind services at the Cleantech Global Forum in California.

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Business Bookshelf: "Who stole the American dream?"

By StarTribune October 20, 2012, 05:04 PM

Hedrick Smith is a dogged assembler of data. Practically every page of his "Who Stole the American Dream?" crawls with numbers, statistics and percentages like the following:

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Met Council revising its look into the future

By DON JACOBSON, StarTribune October 18, 2012, 07:26 PM

The Met Council is refreshing its look at the region's future 30 years out because of big, unforeseen changes. Summary.

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Inside view: Bill Upshaw

By StarTribune October 18, 2012, 05:51 PM

President of lodging and residential at CSM Corp.

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Hot property: Tiburon Apartments in Golden Valley

By Don Jacobson, StarTribune October 18, 2012, 05:41 PM

The Tiburon Apartments 9130-9220 Olson Memorial Hwy., Golden Valley

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Ask the consultant: How do we protect our intellectual property?

By StarTribune October 14, 2012, 12:16 PM

Question We've been speaking with a company that has asked us to slightly modify and customize our patented, branded product line...

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Mergers and acquisitions

By StarTribune October 14, 2012, 12:12 PM

Mergers and acquisitions involving Minnesota companies that were announced in the past week.

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Midwest Insider Trading

By StarTribune October 14, 2012, 12:10 PM

3M CO.

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Business people

By StarTribune October 14, 2012, 12:08 PM

A listing of who's on the move and winning awards.

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Business forum: Clash of titans hurts community banks

By JAMES ULLAND, StarTribune October 14, 2012, 09:01 AM

Government regulations aimed at reining in the nation's biggest banks are hurting small ones.

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Business bankruptcies

By StarTribune October 14, 2012, 08:59 AM

This is a list of recent business-related bankruptcies filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

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Movers & shakers: Maureen O'Brien Wieser, Midcountry Bank

By StarTribune October 14, 2012, 08:34 AM

A look at the people behind the numbers in area business.

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Gadgets: A touch-screen remote

By StarTribune October 13, 2012, 05:31 PM

Logitech has long made it possible to reduce the collection of remotes on your coffee table by combining them into a single Harmony device. The newest entry, the $250 Harmony Touch, adds a 2.4-inch touch screen. But the screen in many cases is more work to use than a clicker covered with buttons.

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What analysts are saying: Mood shift at Best Buy

By StarTribune October 13, 2012, 05:31 PM

Richard Schulze's talks with Best Buy appear to have gotten less contentious since Best Buy named Hubert Joly its new CEO. Joly agreed last week to let Schulze and his team interview eight to 10 executives before a November deadline for Schulze to propose his buyout offer.

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Business Bookshelf: "The Signal and the Noise"

By StarTribune October 13, 2012, 05:30 PM

Humility and punditry are two characteristics not often found in the same person -- or the same book. But they co-exist more or less happily in "The Signal and the Noise," Nate Silver's engaging if occasionally shambling book on the fine art of prediction.

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