Business
July 1, 2015
Best Buy is adding dedicated space for Samsung appliances in about 200 of its stores.

Best Buy rolls out mini-shops for Samsung appliances

It will add roughly 200 mini-shops within stores to sell the South Korean firm's appliances.
Celebrities
July 1, 2015
Actor Josh Hartnett's Minneapolis house sells for $2.3M

Actor Josh Hartnett's Minneapolis house sells for $2.3M

The house on Lake of the Isles in south Minneapolis was listed for $2.395 million
Business
July 1, 2015

Alexander: How to free an iPad that's been taken for ransom

Business
July 1, 2015

Feeling secure is about more than money

Business
July 1, 2015

Ask Matt: Tips for a candidate-driven job market

Business
July 1, 2015

My Job: Christina Schletty, aesthetician

Christina Schletty is a wax specialist at European Wax Center in Minneapolis.
Business
July 1, 2015

Lee Schafer: Health-care collaboration gets patients home faster

Politics
June 30, 2015
PCA Sadie Hawkins (left) works with Patty Swanson at her apartment in Forest Lake. ] The years-long battle to unionize home health care workers culmin

SEIU contract kicks in for 27,000 home care aides

The contract still being fought over in court will guarantee a wage floor of $10.75 per hour, paid time off, a new grievance process and a training program.
Business
June 30, 2015

Chick-fil-A is fast-food favorite

Business
June 30, 2015

Land O'Lakes Inc. crops division merging with Iowa-based United Suppliers

It joins with Iowa-based United Suppliers as part of a two-stage process.
Business
June 30, 2015

Pentair shares jump on news that Trian Fund has targeted stock

The activist investor is encouraging more acquisitions.
Business
June 30, 2015

Soybeans planted on record acreage this year in Minnesota

Farmer interest in corn remains steady in 2015, but soybean planting gets a boost
Business
June 30, 2015
A selection of products made by ConAgra Foods is on display at ConAgra world headquarters in Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, June 30, 2015. ConAgra Foods Inc. p

ConAgra plans to divest private brands

Company has struggled with slumping sales after 2013 acquisition of Ralcorp.
Minneapolis
June 30, 2015
Judge grants condemnation for Graco easement

Judge grants condemnation for Graco easement

Action would allow construction oflong-sought East Bank Trail
Business
June 30, 2015
Sheets of one hundred dollar bills wait to be cut into singles at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 1

Parents favor daughters over sons when dollars are short

In tough economic times, parents financially favor daughters over sons, according to researchers at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and Rutgers Business School.
Business
June 30, 2015
Case-Shiller: Home prices rising in the Twin Cities, but still far from peak

Case-Shiller: Home prices rising in the Twin Cities, but still far from peak

Prices are posting slow, steady increases that are slightly below the national average
Business
June 30, 2015
Vending machines

HealthPartners to cut back on sugary drinks at clinics, hospitals

The Bloomington-based nonprofit said Monday it would remove at least 80 percent of all sugary beverages from its network of hospitals and clinics next year.
Business
June 30, 2015
Frontier Air offers $49 non-stops to Atlanta, DC & Trenton thru today

Frontier Air offers $49 non-stops to Atlanta, DC & Trenton thru today

Frontier Air offers $49 non-stops to Atlanta, DC & Trenton thru today
Business
June 30, 2015
As Askov Finlayson, the men's store by Andrew and Eric Dayton, moves into its new building, left, it will add Warby Parker eyewear. Bachelor Farmer wi

Eyewear company Warby Parker opening showroom in Askov Finlayson

The Dayton brothers have attracted Warby Parker to their fashion outpost in the North Loop.
Business
June 30, 2015

Minnesota Chamber of Commerce names Douglas Loon as new president

The longtime U.S. Chamber operator takes over the state's largest business lobby group.

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