Opening Belz, March 25

Business links for the day from Minnesota, the Upper Midwest and the world.

March 25, 2014 at 2:54PM

Cuba has a bustling little class of nouveau riche – Associated Press
"About 36 percent of all web traffic is considered fake" – WSJ
Undertaker mayor says struggling Indiana town will cheat death – Bloomberg
Wired South Korea trips over an Internet Explorer add-on – WSJ
Mark Cuban thinks the NFL will overexpose itself with new TV deal – ESPN
John Cassidy reviews the Thomas Piketty book on inequality – New Yorker
North Dakota businesses keep an eye on Ukraine – Fargo Forum
Yikes. Feds in a mine near Pittsburgh processing paperwork by hand – Washington Post
Russians are spending less on trips to London as Crimea takes toll – Evening Standard
Faribault Woolen Mill plans for swift growth – StarTribune

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