Business
November 17, 2017
According to a Ramsey County lawsuit and interviews with eight current and former drivers, Green & White excluded blacks from driving for corporate ac

Black drivers: Twin Cities taxi company shut them out of high-paying work

Green & White denies that it shut them out of high-paying work for corporate accounts.
Minneapolis
November 17, 2017
KHP Capital Partners of San Francisco paid $46 million for the Hotel Minneapolis and its 111-year-old building, once a home to major banks.

Hotel Minneapolis, in a 111-year-old downtown bank building, changes hands

Ownership change will bring a multimillion-dollar renovation to Hotel Minneapolis.
Local
November 17, 2017
Governor Dayton and Lt. Governor Tina Smith hosted the annual Turkey event in the Governor's reception room. Minnesota, the nation's largest turkey pr

Minn.-bred turkeys head to D.C. for a Thanksgiving pardon from President Trump

The nation's top turkey state is taking center stage ahead of Thanksgiving with high-profile events.
Business
November 17, 2017

What to watch as the tax-code overhaul takes shape

Local
November 17, 2017
Purple Prairie Clover grows abundantly in the prairieland above the remains of the dugout where the Ingalls family spent their first Minnesota winter

Plowing Minnesota's prairie is increasing carbon in the atmosphere

University of Wisconsin analysis refuels the debate over renewables.
Business
November 17, 2017
Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman in a 2013 photo.

Commerce Commissioner Rothman resigns to run for attorney general

Dayton appointed Jessica Looman, deputy labor commissioner, to take over.
Business
November 17, 2017

India to review stent pricing caps that drew device-maker protest

Critics say cheaper stents have not added up to savings for patients.
Business
November 17, 2017
After an apprenticeship, Rigoberto Velazquez won a permanent spot in Accenture’s IT department.

Apprenticeships have a new role beyond the trades

Business
November 17, 2017

French general consul expects increased business with Minnesota

Guillaume Lacrois addresses the French American Chamber of Commerce of Minnesota
Business
November 17, 2017
In this Monday, May 22, 2017, photo, customers walk out of a Best Buy store in Hialeah, Fla. Best Buy Co. Inc. reports earnings, Thursday, May 25, 201

Best Buy raises its holiday outlook, but not as much as investors hoped

Electronics retailer tempers expectations for holidays after robust summer and autumn.
Minneapolis
November 17, 2017
Two-plus years in the making: Nicollet Mall back in business

Two-plus years in the making: Nicollet Mall back in business

Nicollet Mall reopened at noon Thursday, marking the end of a construction headache that's cost millions of dollars and closed the downtown Minneapolis corridor for more than two years.
East Metro
November 16, 2017
Suites hotel to rise at I-694 and Lexington interchange in Arden Hills

Suites hotel to rise at I-694 and Lexington interchange in Arden Hills

Business
November 16, 2017
June 19, 1992 Mpls Atty Miles Lord in his office with one of his TV Commercials in the background Rick Sennott, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Sunday conversation: Judge Miles Lord was "anti-wrongdoers" not anti-business

Business
November 16, 2017
Hines plans its T3 project (timber, transit & technology) on Goose Island. Photo provided by Mark Clegg, Hines Corporate Communications. (Hines) ORG X

Just keep the cows away: Wood office building planned for downtown Chicago

Hines is planning a wood office building in Chicago like the T3 structure it built in downtown Minneapolis.
Minneapolis
November 16, 2017
A view facing northwest of the 200-unit luxury apartment building Opus Development proposes building along West River Road between the Star Tribune pr

200-unit apartment building on Star Tribune land planned near river

The developer revealed a design for the building to North Loop neighbors on Wednesday night.
Business
November 16, 2017

Minn. unemployment hits 17-year low, but job growth is slowing

Minnesota's unemployment rate is 3.3 percent, but figures show job growth has slowed.
Local
November 16, 2017

Tim Stoddart, financial adviser, chef and adventurer, dies at 68

Minneapolis
November 16, 2017
A 2016 rendering of the Prime Place apartments near the University of Minnesota.

Builders union, inspectors clash on Prime Place apartment building near U

Minneapolis
November 16, 2017
St. Thomas University student Maddy Morehouse talked with Anisa Osman during a class Tuesday. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE ï anthony.souffle@startribune.com

St. Thomas gets record $50 million gift from grateful alum

GHR Foundation's gift is the largest ever given to a Minnesota college or university for scholarships.
Outdoors
November 16, 2017
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and other House leaders unveiled the GOP's far-reaching tax overhaul, the first major revamp of the tax system

November: Minnesota's cabin getaway lifestyle could come under pressure from tax reform

Second homes would no longer be eligible for a deduction on mortgage interest under the House GOP tax plan.

Business

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