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Best Buy starts a streak, as same-store sales soar 7.1 percent
The retailer's sales soared, but skittish investors held back as share price tumbled.
Business
Target introducing 3 new brands aimed at teens
Two are apparel brands, the third is Target's first private-label electronics brand
Business
WeWork, Beta.MN team on free-workspace project for Twin Cities startups
WeWork is announcing an initiative with Beta.MN, a nonprofit organization that promotes and supports local tech firms.
Business
Sun Country remodeling eliminates first class, adds slimmer seats
The changes will boost the passenger-carrying capacity of Sun Country's planes.
Business
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Mpls. finds McDonald's staff underpaid at Lake St. location
The fast food franchise owner owed more than $2,000 in back wages to dozens of employees.
Business
Noncompetes hurt workers, but rarely help businesses
A report in 2016 by the Treasury noted that less than half the workers covered by noncompetes reported having access to trade secrets.
Business
Even as Trump tightens immigration, the U.S. labor shortage is becoming a crisis
The nation is relying on a mixture of immigrants and refugees to keep its labor force growing.
Business
Teens need summer jobs to learn important life skills. Too bad they're not getting them
The youth summer labor force has been on the decline for more than 30 years.
Business
Medtronic reports promising results with new blood-pressure therapy
"Renal denervation" uses radio-frequency energy in arteries.
Business
Target sees strong sales, but profit falls short of expectations in Q1
Changes the retailer has made have attracted customers, taken toll on profit.
East Metro
Andersen Corp. expanding again in Bayport
New factory addition will add 60,000 square feet and 40 new hires.
Business
LDI names former Polaris exec to CEO role
Corrugated box maker LDI names Matt Homan as president and CEO
Business
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East Metro
Columbia Heights restaurant owner pleads guilty to federal immigration charges
Pisanu "Pat" Sukhtipyaroge still faces state charges of labor trafficking and criminal sexual conduct.
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