Business links for the day from Minnesota, the Upper Midwest and the world.
By adambelz
February 5, 2014 — 9:45am
Unemployment higher in Europe than US due to higher labor force participation – New York Fed CBO: Obamacare will reduce U.S. employment by 2 million – Businessweek Oil tank car leaks crude for 70 miles from Red Wing to Winona – StarTribune Energy storage firm in Baxter, Silent Power, goes out of business – Brainerd Dispatch Mayo Clinic, pro basketball to take over Block E – StarTribune Wisconsin's sole oil refinery moving more by rail – Duluth News Tribune CVS stores to stop selling cigarettes – CNN This guy has grown weary of all the praise for Scandinavia – Guardian Schafer: Lying to get a job is a sign of the times – StarTribune Man loses it at theater, grabs woman's phone and throws it – National Review
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