Mergers and acquisitions involving Minnesota companies that were announced in the past week.
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Date location location Description
10/31 Multiple targets U.S. Bancorp U.S. Bancorp, through its lead bank, acquires Minneapolis nine banks, 150 branches and $18 billion in assets from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. 11/3 Carlson Marketing Group Groupe Aeroplan Inc. Groupe Aeroplan buys the Carlson Marketing Plymouth Montreal business to add to its loyalty management business for $175.3 million 11/6 DiscoverReady Dolan Media Co. Dolan acquired 85 percent equity interest in a New York City Minneapolis provider of outsourced discovery management and fixed-fee document review services
Just as Lawrence Kazmerski, a top official at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, was about to give the keynote address at the University of Minnesota's annual E3 conference at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, the lights went out, bathing the audience in darkness and a deep sense of irony.
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