Business
August 8, 2019
FILE- This Feb. 9, 2018 photo shows Levi's jeans hanging on a wall at Levi's innovation lab in San Francisco. Well-known jeans company Levi Strauss &

Target to sell Levi's as jeans maker looks to replace sagging sales at Sears

The 'Red Tab' label will appear in 50 stores later this month.
Business
August 8, 2019
Tuffy's building $70 million dog-snack plant in Delano

Tuffy's building $70 million dog-snack plant in Delano

Tuffy's of Perham, Mn., is expanding in Delano, an hour from the Twin Cities, with a $70 million plant to make dog treats from wheat, barley, rice, soybeans and other products grown in the Midwest.
Agriculture
August 7, 2019
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and Rep. Collin Peterson speak to reporters about trade at Minnesota FarmFest, near Morgan, Aug. 7, 2019.

During Minnesota visit, Ag Secretary Perdue says 'ball is in China's court'

Ag chief tells Minnesota farmers that a deal on tariffs was close in April, but it fell apart.
Business
August 7, 2019

Trump's quest to quit China's rare earths hits outback Australia

Duluth
August 7, 2019
PolyMet Mine in Hoyt Lakes, Minn. has been mired in a permitting battle for over eight years and the issue has become politicized in the state and par

Minn. judge sets rules for inquiry on disputed PolyMet permit

Mine opponents have alleged irregularities in the way Minnesota approved the mine's water quality permit.
Business
August 7, 2019

Minnesota-based 75F files with SEC for $15 million stock sale

Its software enhances energy efficiency in small commercial buildings.
Business
August 7, 2019
This 2015, file photo shows the Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) ORG XMIT: MIN1906211122490662

FDA to require enhanced warnings on labels of certain drug-coated medical devices

Stents and balloons coated with the drug can remain on the market for PAD.
Business
August 7, 2019

Advanced BioEnergy to sell plants, liquidate amid ethanol oversupply

Advanced BioEnergy of Bloomington liquidates, as the industry struggles.
Duluth
August 7, 2019
Equipment and rail cars from the mine's LTV Steel processing days.

Minn. Court of Appeals stays a crucial PolyMet water permit

Minnesota judge cites possible irregularities by state and federal regulators.
Business
August 7, 2019
FILE - In this April 14, 2011 file picture the Glencore headquarters in Baar, Switzerland is photographed.

Cobalt, Africa setbacks shrink Glencore's first-half profit

It will close one of its largest copper and cobalt mines for at least two years. The Swiss company in June took a majority stake in PolyMet Mining, which is attempting to build Minnesota's first copper-nickel mine.
Business
August 6, 2019
FILE -- President Donald Trump's bilateral meeting with President Xi Jinping of China at the G-20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. By allowing t

Schafer: We could be watching the end of an era of globalization

For the youngest baby boomers and those born later, this is the only world they've ever known. And it has transformed American business.
Business
August 6, 2019
Michael Reger after the 2011 Northern Oil & Gas shareholder meeting. Reger’s latest stint as a top executive at Northern Oil ended, though he w

Michael Reger makes another exit at Northern Oil and Gas

Company says co-founder is leaving to pursue opportunities outside the Williston Basin.
Agriculture
August 6, 2019
Chinese purchase of U.S. agriculture products fell sharply last year as the country retaliated against Washington's imposition of tariffs on steels an

In another blow to farmers, Chinese to halt U.S. farm imports

In Minnesota, soybean exports have sharply declined. Pork and other goods may soon halt.
Business
August 6, 2019

Survey of states finds Pennsylvania with most diverse economy

Business
August 6, 2019
HealthPartners will add Allina Health System next year to the network of doctors and hospitals in its Medicare Advantage health plans. ORG XMIT: MIN19

HealthPartners will add Allina in Medicare health plans

HealthPartners adds Allina to its Medicare Advantage plans.
Business
August 6, 2019
The parent of the Perkins chain of family restaurants is putting itself up for sale and entered a bankruptcy restructuring to help make a deal happen.

Perkins is up for sale, parent firm enters bankruptcy to make a deal

The family restaurant chain has been majority-owned by Wayzata Investment Partners since 2011.
Business
August 6, 2019

When every day is a sale, stores fail to catch shoppers' attention

Business
August 6, 2019
Entrepreneur Peter Thiel speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Thursday, July 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark J. Te

Peter Thiel missed out on China, now he's betting on patriotism

Thiel invested in several Chinese firms, but none became big names.
Business
August 6, 2019

Alexander: How to find lost photos in a mountain of backup data

System image backups were never intended to serve as backups for individual files.
Business
August 6, 2019
Sign outside Medica headquarters in Minnetonka.

Medica to cap monthly out-of-pocket insulin costs at $25 beginning Jan. 1

The insurer said it will absorb the cost of spending caps for as many as 6,500 members.

Business

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