Increased pet ownership during pandemic helps Mendota Heights' company double quarterly earnings
Increased pet ownership helped Patterson's third quarter results while dental practices are still struggling to get back to pre-pandemic patient levels.
Best Buy makes deal to provide its senior services on Apple Watch
The platform will be the first to use Apple's fall detection technology.
Communications Systems to become Pineapple, switch focus to home solar industry
The Minnetonka company already has sold two businesses and plans to divest its other holdings in the broadband industry to fund the merger and new company.
Business
St. Cloud-based Marco's CEO retiring
Gau started as a sales rep there 37 years ago; firm's president will take his job.
Business
Second half of 2020 tough for much of Twin Cities commercial real estate
Apartment and industrial properties stay strong while offices and hotels struggle, report says
Agriculture
Minnesota farmers prepare for new direction from Washington
A new year brings new reasons for optimism for Minnesota's farmers, fueled by a booming export market with China and forecasts for a strong 2021 harvest. But the new administration has farmers wondering what's in store.
Business
Minnesota product is the trick to scraping ice from your driveway
His effective sidewalk device is environmental alternative to ice melters.
Business
Shoreview company's 'Small Business Revolution' comes home to help Black-owned firms
Deluxe's reality series has focused on small towns, but after George Floyd's killing and the unrest that followed, the company decided to focus on Twin Cities.
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Coronavirus
U to expand study of whether common diabetes drug could treat COVID
Early research suggests metformin, an inexpensive drug used for diabetes and weight loss, can help women infected with the virus avoid serious illness.
Business
Target's sales grew $15B last year, more than last 11 combined
Now the Minneapolis-based retailer plans to invest $4B a year to be ready for whatever the next disruption will be.
Business
Eagan truss and pallet maker to pay $90K over 'blatant gender discrimination'
Eagan company will pay $90,000, agrees to change hiring, training practices.
Business
Single-family homebuilding surges 32% in Twin Cities
Metro builders lament lack of supply amid dramatic increase in demand for housing.
Business
Stratasys says recent moves, including expanded Airbus deal, should put it back on track
The company, based in Eden Prairie and Israel, shows sequential quarterly improvement and anticipates trends will continue as it launches new initiatives in 2021.
Business
Bill Flies, tech pioneer and restorer of Old Frontenac, Minn., dies at 78
Bill Flies, a southern Minnesota farm boy who invented technology, started companies and helped restore a historic Minnesota village on the Mississippi River, died Feb.…
Business
State's top 50 public companies – with No. 1 at $242B in revenue
2019 will likely be remembered as the last full year of an economic expansion that lasted more than a decade. Next year's Star Tribune 50 is likely to look very different because of the coronavirus disruption.
Business
Mayo Clinic posts $728 million in income despite pandemic
After an initial hit, demand for COVID test helps to drive strong results.
Business
Twin Cities added 1.2 million square feet of storage space in 2020
The metro now ranks among the 10 largest in the U.S. for storage units.
Business
Mpls. businesses are torn: Show confidence or board up for trial?
Some don't want to send a wrong message; others fear more damage could do them in.
Business
Enbridge's Line 3 deal-making divides Ojibwe bands in Minn.
Two offers, one accepted and one rejected, underscore Enbridge's attempts to win over the Ojibwe bands in Minnesota — and the tensions those efforts have caused as construction of the controversial pipeline enters its fourth month.
Business
Polaris' first full-size electric ATV should be available by early 2022
New all electric Ranger will be designed and developed in Minnesota and built in Alabama.
Business
Alexander: Don't miss calls because the phone didn't ring or vibrate
Q: My iPhone XS, now 26 months old, has a ringing problem, even though it's never been dropped or damaged. The phone often doesn't ring…
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MDI, a pioneer in workforce inclusion, seeks further expansion
One morning last week, Steve Reinardy, a nine-year employee of Minnesota Diversified Industries in northeast Minneapolis, sanitized surfaces to guard against the coronavirus."I clean everything…
Business
Business people
Moving upMargaret A. Cargill Philanthropies, Eden Prairie, promoted Jason Cole to program director, environment. Cole has served as program officer since joining the company in…
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A rush to judgment can lead to disaster or regrets
A bird was searching for a home to lay her eggs so they would be safe during the coming rainy season. In her search, she…
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