Interest rate angst hasn't stopped Twin Cities homebuyers
Despite mortgage interest rates remaining high, the spring market is rife with listings and purchases.
Minnesota child care providers struggle to fill more than 700 open positions
Difficulty finding qualified employees means fewer children served, including more than 2,000 unavailable child care slots statewide, a new survey showed.
Some Target Up & Up acne products subject of federal class action suit
The lawsuit said the Minneapolis-based retailer should have had a warning on the labels that it contained benzene, a known cancer-causing agent.
Business
Xcel CEO Bob Frenzel awarded $9M retention bonus
Bob Frenzel's compensation is down because of stock awards and bonuses being lower than in 2022.
Business
How to save money at the pharmacy counter
Health insurance benefits are the first tool, but shopping around, paying cash and accessing coupons are strategies to consider, as well.
Local
Some of Minnesota's largest companies have quietly closed their foundations
3M, General Mills and Thrivent have closed their foundations in recent years, changing how they give back to the community.
Business
Mackay: Approach AI with a mindset of collaboration rather than fear
By understanding its capabilities and limitations, we can harness its power to create a more efficient and innovative world.
Wolves
Reusse: Taylor's story. 'I just bought the Minnesota Timberwolves.'
Thirty years ago, Glen Taylor went from frustrated mediator to NBA owner with a phone call, some writing on the back of an envelope and a handshake in a conference room full of lawyers and accountants.
Business
Is your company on the list of Minnesota's 2022 Top Workplaces?
Worker expectations change at Minnesota firms as pandemic retreats.
Duluth
![Kathy Cargill's home in Duluth's Park Point neighborhood. Cargill's limited liability company has purchased more than 20 parcels on the point. ] JANA](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/BTNQVSCQD5GQLP6YRUSBSH6FQM.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
Who is Kathy Cargill, the wealthy Park Point buyer who clashed with Duluth?
She married into one of America's wealthiest families but has shop-floor roots from northwestern Wisconsin.
Business
Ramstad: Think retired people are leaving Minnesota? Think again.
It's a myth that Minnesota is losing retirees because of weather and high taxes. They're responsible for our population growth these days.
Business
Assuage your money stress through family communication
What you can do that has proven useful in harnessing the money beast.
Business
Biden's new income-driven repayment plan could be boon for those with student loans
SAVE (Saving on a Valuable Education) changes the definition of discretionary income to increase the number of low-income borrowers eligible for $0 payments and subsidizes any unpaid interest that remains after a borrower makes a payment.
Business
Grammar point: Make sure your nouns and verbs agree
Singular pronouns and nouns must be paired with singular verbs.
Business
Empire Foods takes over former Walmart in Brooklyn Center
Empire Foods Walmart Asian grocery Brooklyn Center
Business
With $324.2 billion in revenue, UnitedHealth again tops list of Minnesota public companies
The top 50 companies as a whole posted revenue of $750.7 billion, up 7% from the year before. However, growth was slower than in 2021.
Business
Minnesota's Largest Candy Store to relocate and expand
A project on Hwy. 169 is prompting the move to nearby Jordan, Minn.
Business
8 Twin Cities area grocery stores, ranked by affordability
We shopped at eight local grocery stores, some locally owned and some not, in search of the cheapest eats.
Business
Cause of Xcel's Prairie Island nuclear outage: Workers drilled through cables
Xcel Energy initially pinpointed the cause of a lengthy outage at its Prairie Island nuclear power plant as an equipment issue.
The Good Life
How to make your business outlive you
Losing the founder or long-time owner of an enterprise can leave the business adrift and shatter family relationships, but it doesn't have to be that way
Politics
Minnesota marijuana sales could be delayed or in short supply if planting doesn't start soon
Growers need time to get cannabis planted, harvested, tested and processed — preferably before retailers open.
Minneapolis
Minneapolis City Council votes to delay start of rideshare wage ordinance
The council voted unanimously Thursday to push the start date of a new policy to July 1, saying it will give new rideshare companies time to start up and fill gaps if Uber and Lyft leave the city.
We've created a new destination for everything agriculture in Minnesota and around the country.
Business
Bloomington-based IT company ConvergeOne files for bankruptcy with $1.8 billion in debt
The plans, filed in Texas, will also transfer control of the company to senior lenders.
Business
Uber, Lyft drivers support Minneapolis City Council's postponement of pay ordinance
They also introduced two new rideshare companies that could be entering the Twin Cities market.
Business
Xcel, UND say Midwest hydrogen 'hub' at risk from tax credit rules
A $1 billion federal grant could be in limbo in part because of limits on when companies can receive a hydrogen production tax credit for using nuclear and wind to create hydrogen.
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