Best Buy CEO Corie Barry greeted employees and then customers as the the Richfield Best Buy store opened on Thanksgiving.

Best Buy CEO Corie Barry's compensation fell more then 20% to $10.3M last year

The company failed to meet financial goals, triggering lower payouts for executives.

Sundaes in Shanghai: Dairy Queen expands global empire

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A Dairy Queen location at the Shenzhen Bao’an Airport in China. About 300 new Dairy Queen locations opened in China last year as part of a push to e
The Minnesota-based franchisor is seeing sales and profits steadily climb as its international ambition grows.

3M paying back nearly $1M in overpayments improperly deducted from employee paychecks

May 2
3M headquarters in Maplewood.
The company reached a settlement with the state Attorney General's Office to issue about 1,700 checks.
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“You kind of have one shot to really do things right,” said Steve Schreader of opening a new outdoors shop in St. Paul on Friday.  Steve Schreader

Midwest Mountaineering alum opens outdoor store to fill void

Lake State Mountaineering offers paddling and climbing supplies for Minnesota outdoors enthusiasts.
Minneapolis
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Mayor Jacob Frey now sees it almost impossible to stick with his planned property tax levy increase of 6.1% or less.

Minneapolis residential property taxes could rise steeply in 2025

With federal COVID funds drying up and downtown commercial values falling, homeowners and renters will be asked to shoulder the burden, Mayor Jacob Frey cautions.
Business
May 2
Glen Taylor and Alex Rodriguez in January 2023 at Target Center.

After failed mediation, Timberwolves, Lynx ownership dispute heads to arbitration

Arbitration process will take place in Minneapolis and must be completed within six months, according to contract.
Business
May 2
Copeland Cold Chain makes grocery refrigeration similar to this and is laying off 91 workers at its Eden Prairie facility.

Eden Prairie refrigeration facility laying off 91 workers

St. Louis-based Copeland Cold Chain is moving manufacturing and distribution operations to other North American locations.
Business
May 2
Eric Theriault, left, RJ Singh, Freddy Akradi and Aleks Westlund play a match at Life Time Chanhassen Pickleball in April. The facility next to the co

Life Time goes full wellness, with spa offering weight-loss management, including Ozempic

The Chanhassen-based company continues to expand, including pickleball facilities.
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Worker expectations change at Minnesota firms as pandemic retreats.
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May 2
One of the packages of ground beef recalled by Cargill in May over E. coli contamination risk.

Cargill recalls 16,000 pounds of ground beef over E. coli risk

None of the affected products were sold in Minnesota, and no illnesses were reported.
Cannabis
May 2
Bridgette Pinder, owner of Grounded Gardens in St. Paul, said she packed up her booth and left last week's Lucky Leaf cannabis expo after she learned

Minnesota hemp businesses feeling burned by Lucky Leaf cannabis expo organizers

Local entrepreneurs say they were misled by the Texas-based event company about whether they would be allowed to sell their THC and CBD products at the show last week in Minneapolis.
St. Cloud
May 2
HLRBO founders Cookie Lithyouvong, Heath Schubert and Matt Simon.

Barely any venture capital makes it to greater Minnesota. Meet the folks trying to change that.

Over the last decade, less than 4% of venture capital invested in the state went outside the Twin Cities.
Business
May 2
Windell Garmondeh, employee at Aurora, talked with Gerry Gilbert, a resident at Aurora on France senior living on Wednesday in Edina.

What a Trump immigration crackdown would mean for Minnesota's economy

The state's labor shortage is among the country's more severe, with just 51 workers for every 100 open jobs.
Business
May 1
Corn fields in Fergus Falls, Minn., on Nov. 2, 2023. In a move aimed at lowering the greenhouse gas emissions of air travel, the Biden administration

Biden opens door for tax credits so corn farmers can grow jet fuel

Corn growers can qualify for the lucrative credits if they use cover crops and avoid tilling the soil.
Business
May 1
Andrew Witty, chief executive of UnitedHealth Group, testifies Wednesday at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on cyber attacks on health care in Wash

Congress slams UnitedHealth's cybersecurity, calls company 'a monopoly on steroids'

Andrew Witty is on Capitol Hill today, answering questions about the health giant's data breach.
With $324.2 billion in revenue, UnitedHealth again tops list of Minnesota public companies
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The top 50 companies as a whole posted revenue of $750.7 billion, up 7% from the year before. However, growth was slower than in 2021.
Business
May 1
FILE Ñ Cannabis plants in a greenhouse in Snowflake, Ariz., on March 23, 2021. The House passed legislation on Friday, April 1, 2022, to decriminaliz

Marijuana rescheduling will make pot businesses 'significantly more profitable'

Tax write-offs could save businesses millions and lead to lower prices for consumers.
Business
May 1
Minority team owners Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez attend a Timberwolves game in March at Target Center in Minneapolis.

Taylor, Lore, Rodriguez head to mediation over Timberwolves, Lynx ownership

If parties can't come to a resolution over the cancelled sale, arbitration is the next step.
Business
May 1
The Diana E. Murphy United States Courthouse building in downtown Minneapolis.

Minnesota bankruptcy law firm files for bankruptcy after losing fight with another bankruptcy firm

The St. Cloud firm, one of the oldest bankruptcy law firms in the state, lost a fight involving Google Ads.
Business
May 1
Food companies keep pushing protein. How much do we actually need?

Food companies keep pushing protein. How much do we actually need?

Protein is in high demand, and it is showing up in more packaged foods as a result.
Gophers
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Gophers basketball player Dawson Garcia talks with booster Steve Erban of Stillwater at a Dinkytown Athletes event in March at Williams Arena.

Tough question for Gophers donors: Give to the U or to the athletes?

There's a delicate dance of donating to college athletics in 2024. One of the steps is how all parties figure out who gets what and how. That's part of the new world in the NIL era.
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A 'leaner' 3M emerges as CEO hands off company to new leader

After spinning off its health care division, 3M forecasts boosted profits this year but smaller dividend.
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Business
April 30
The Ovation apartments in Hopkins, which should finish building this fall.

While homebuilding is up in the Twin Cities, apartment construction is way behind

At a time when there's already a shortage of housing in many parts of the metro, apartment developers have received only enough permits to build 115 apartments and other multifamily units, 55% fewer than last year.
Business
April 30
General Mills bought Edgard & Cooper to get access to European pet parents.

General Mills buys Belgian pet food brand Edgard & Cooper

The acquisition gives the company broad access to a $25 billion pet food market in Europe.
Business
April 30
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Ecolab sells surgical business for nearly $1 billion

Medline, an Illinois-based private company, bought the unit, which makes products such as operating room drapes.

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