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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Business bookshelf: 'After the Music Stopped'

February 09, 2013, 12:23 PM

after the music stopped Alan S. Blinder Penguin Press, 400 pages, $29.95 Do we really need another book about the financial crisis? The...

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What analysts are saying: Xcel investing for growth

By Patrick Kennedy February 09, 2013, 12:22 PM

Xcel investing for growth In Xcel Energy’s year-end earnings release on Feb. 1, the company laid out capital spending plans through...

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Hot Property: Grain Belt Terrace

February 08, 2013, 08:30 AM

Grain Belt Terrace 1215-19 Marshall Street Northeast, Minneapolis Type: Apartments Units: 151 Developer: Everwood Development Architect:...

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Inside View: Jim Damiani, senior VP, Colliers International

February 08, 2013, 08:28 AM

Jim Damiani Senior vice president at Colliers International/Minneapolis-St. Paul Jim Damiani, 47, was named Broker of the Year for 2012 by the...

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Urban sprawl affects inner-ring suburbs, too

By Don Jacobson February 08, 2013, 12:00 AM

A U of M researcher finds that many of the characteristics of “urban sprawl” are showing up closer to central-city...

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Just Listed

Hutchinson Tech buildings in Hutchinson, Eau Claire for sale, lease

By Just Listed February 05, 2013, 04:40 PM

The maker of disk-drive components said its 159,000-square-foot manufacturing building in Eau Claire, and its 237,000-square-foot building in Hutchinson are available for sale or lease.

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Ask the consultant: How do I manage family members who work for me?

February 03, 2013, 11:44 AM

I have hired family members for my small business and find myself not holding them to the same requirements as non-family employees. I do think they are more loyal than my other employees but also realize they are not always as productive. Do you have some advice on how I can manage this difficult situation?

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Business people

February 03, 2013, 11:37 AM

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

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Movers & shakers: Tony Sorensen, Versique Search and Consulting

February 03, 2013, 11:36 AM

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

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Mergers and acquisitions

February 03, 2013, 10:14 AM

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

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Midwest Insider Trading

February 03, 2013, 10:13 AM

AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC.

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Business bankruptcies

February 03, 2013, 10:11 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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Helping seniors sort, toss and pack

By JIM BUCHTA February 02, 2013, 05:02 PM

Business model fills a niche for elders who need to sell their homes and decide what to get rid of - and where.

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A long career of helping women find jobs

By NEAL ST. ANTHONY February 02, 2013, 04:56 PM

Lonna Szczesny, who's retiring from Resource after 23 years, has a formula for helping poor women find success.

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Inside Track: 3M gets mentoring award

By NEAL ST. ANTHONY February 02, 2013, 04:29 PM

Houa Xiong, a senior at St. Paul Johnson High School, and her mentor, 3M engineer Keith Grauppman, have a great relationship that spanned a 3M internship last summer for Xiong and helped inspire her to apply to Macalester College and the University of Minnesota to study science and math.

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Inside view: Valerie Doleman

January 31, 2013, 10:09 PM

Vice president of marketing and growth strategy at Guaranty Commercial Title, Inc.

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Places make space for art

By DON JACOBSON January 31, 2013, 08:22 PM

Developers and urban planners say art can highlight the character of a public space, inviting citizens to stop in.

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Preparing polluted sites for reuse

By DON JACOBSON January 24, 2013, 10:50 PM

A state program has expedited several recent projects in which developers had to clean polluted sites before building anew.

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Hot property: Richfield Municipal Liquor Store remodeling

By Don Jacobson January 31, 2013, 05:08 PM

Richfield Municipal Liquor Store remodeling 6444 Lyndale Av. South, Richfield

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Ask the consultant: What effects will health care law have on small firms?

January 27, 2013, 03:36 PM

Question What effects will the Affordable Care Act have on small businesses that currently offer health care to their employee base...

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