Business
November 5, 2019
Sun Country Airlines Reported Strong Third Quarter Growth

Sun Country offers four new summer routes, including the only nonstop from MSP to Portland, Maine

The routes reflect Sun Country's strategy of shifting northward in the summer.
Duluth
November 5, 2019

Truck driver killed in rollover at northeastern Minnesota mine

A service vehicle was found overturned and its driver pronounced dead at the scene.
East Metro
November 5, 2019
A petition to ban lead in fishing tackle and hunters' ammunition has been rejected by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), with offici

Minnesota won't ban lead ammunition, tackle for now

DNR commissioner says it's an issue best left for the Legislature.
Eat & Drink
November 4, 2019
Dan O'Gara, owner of St. Paul's O'Gara's Bar & Grill, held a press conference at O'Gara's State Fair location in Falcon Heights to talk about his deci

St. Paul's legendary O'Gara's won't reopen after all

Restaurant's owner blames closure on $15 minimum wage, sick time requirements
Business
November 4, 2019

Maple Grove-based Pursuit Vascular sold for $75 million to California firm

Business
November 4, 2019

Restaurant staff accused of racism

Business
November 4, 2019
UnitedHealth Group headquarters shown in July 21, 2019 file photo. Minnetonka-based UnitedHealthcare is a division of UnitedHealth Group. (AP Photo/Ji

UnitedHealthcare assessed $1 million penalty for claims payment violations

Pennsylvania regulators say insurer violated state, federal laws on medical claims.
Business
November 4, 2019
The agribusiness giant Cargill will be increasingly cost-conscious as it moves forward.

Cargill finalizes sale of its 40-year-old malt business

The Minnetonka firm says it will focus on other food and beverage ingredients.
Business
November 4, 2019
Boeing technicians work August 9, 2018 on the Starliner spacecraft inside Boeing's production facility at the Kennedy Space Center. (Red Huber/Orlando

Boeing declares test of Starliner spacecraft a success

Business
November 4, 2019
Realtor and "downsizer" specialist Becky Clifford of Elder Services Real Estate, works with a client who is preparing to sell their home and downsize.

Even downsizing pros who help seniors move to smaller quarters find charities getting pickier

Downsizing a lifetime of accumulated possessions has become a sizable problem for families across the nation.
Business
November 4, 2019
FILE -- The Under Armour corporate offices in Baltimore, Sept. 3, 2014. The struggling sportswear giant Under Armour confirmed on Nov. 3, 2019, that i

Under Armour drops on accounting probe revelation, forecast cut

SEC, Justice reportedly examining company's accounting practices.
Business
November 4, 2019
Facebook adds more corporate branding to Instagram, WhatsApp

Facebook adds more corporate branding to Instagram, WhatsApp

Social media giant creates new branding for a more pronounced connection.
Local
November 4, 2019
Kristin Pearson wiped her forehead as she harvested carrots at her rented land. She's that rarest of breeds: a young farmer in Minnesota on the cusp o

A tough row to hoe as farmers age: Young ones can't buy land

Farmers and the people who own farmland in America are aging, but they and their heirs are consolidating their grip on the nation's arable land. And it's nearly impossible for a beginning farmer to buy land.
Business
November 4, 2019
The United Auto Workers ratified a four-year deal Sunday with Volvo-owned Mack Truck that protects jobs and provides notable health benefits. (Joe Soh

UAW members ratify new deal at Mack Truck, where a strike was overshadowed by one at GM

Business
November 4, 2019

Business review from the Economist

Business
November 4, 2019
FILE - This May. 3, 2009 file photo shows an oil facility in Jubeil, about 600 kilometers (370 miles) from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia formally

Saudi Aramco's giant IPO signals a surprising development: declining demand for oil

The company is positioning itself to be the last oil company standing.
Business
November 4, 2019

Iraq, Russia among OPEC+ members still falling short of promises

Business
November 4, 2019

U.S. official visits Minneapolis to cite cyber threats

The nation's top counterintelligence officer said at a Minneapolis Cyber Security conference in Minneapolis last week that he's most concerned about external cyber threats against critical U.S. infrastructure.
Business
November 3, 2019
Sam Olbekson - Principal, Director of Native American Design & Planning - Cuningham Group, Mary LaGarde, executive director of the Minneapolis America

Native American Cultural Corridor helps rejuvenate E. Franklin in Minneapolis

A housing development is just the latest piece of an effort to remake a once-tired stretch on the South Side of Minneapolis.
Business
November 3, 2019
Sam Olbekson, a Harvard-trained architect and urban designer who grew up in povery in the Phillips Neighborhood, is a soft-spoken visionary and driver

Sam Olbekson, an Ojibwe from Minneapolis, is the architect of the American Indian Cultural Corridor

This is all close to home for Olbekson, 48, a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, who grew up in the neighborhood, and spent summers with relatives on the northern Minnesota reservation.

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