Business links for the day from Minnesota, the Upper Midwest and the world.
By adambelz
December 18, 2014 — 9:06am
Good interview with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos – Business Insider Tevlin: Maybe it's impossible to fix Minneapolis schools? – StarTribune Small-town airports in Iowa are on the ropes – Cedar Rapids Gazette Michigan's jobless rate falls to 6.7% – Detroit Free Press Caterpillar has been calling for new Cuba policy "for 15 years" – WSJ How Florida's changing demographics made the Cuba deal possible – Vox Bill McGuire floats idea of subsidy for soccer stadium – StarTribune Nice overview/outlook on the Russia situation – Economist Commission approves sick time policy for airport workers – StarTribune BuzzFeed acquires Minneapolis app maker – StarTribune The rise of the y-axis-zero fundamentalists – Justin Fox Even the winners in digital journalism only win for a minute – USA Today
U.S. Rep. Michelle Fischbach has a solidly conservative voting record. But Steve Boyd, a Christian conservative who has never held public office, is gaining traction as an outsider.
The Star Tribune recognized the best of metro area high school athletes with its sixth annual All-Metro Sports Awards. Here are the 2023 winners, who were honored Wednesday night at Target Center.