Business
August 29, 2015

Infinite Campus wants to lure IT workers to Blaine

An innovative thinker is turning "Garbage Hill" into a hive of innovation.
Business
August 29, 2015
Interpreter Saw Minn, standing at right, worked with UCare enrollee Je Poe at a Maplewood clinic, where her children received checkups from Nicole Ols

Community groups fear loss of UCare from state plans

The state says other HMOs will step up, but some groups fear the road ahead if a public health plan option is lost.
Business
August 29, 2015
This photo taken Aug. 26, 2014, shows the Minntac taconite mine plant in Mountain Iron, Minn. U.S. Steel plans to idle part of its Minntac plant in Mo

2,300 Minn. workers affected as deadline looms for steel talks

On Tuesday, labor contracts expire for 30,000 American steelworkers — including 2,300 on Minnesota's Iron Range, an area recently stung by 1,400 layoffs and some of the worst industry conditions in decades.
Business
August 29, 2015
Best Buy is planning to open a technology development center in Seattle later this spring. Its focus will be on bolstering the retailer's e-commerce a

Growth in appliance partnerships could help Best Buy

Boston-based Trefis released a fairly rosy review of Best Buy a day after the release of the retailer's ­quarterly results.
Business
August 29, 2015
Boston Scientific’s Watchman blocks left atrial appendages to prevent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Boston Scientific, SentreHeart took different routes to market

Boston Scientific and rival SentreHeart seek $500 million market in stroke prevention.
Business
August 29, 2015
Business
August 29, 2015
FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2014, file photo, a man walks by a McDonald's restaurant in Tokyo. McDonaldís Corp. on Thursday, July 23, 2015, reported

Order Big Mac through app and skip the line

Restaurants are embracing online shortcuts for customers.
Business
August 29, 2015

Focus turns to U.S. data as China slowdown looms

Friday's August jobs report caps a week of key reports.
Business
August 29, 2015
An electronic display shows information about the stock market in Times Square, New York, Monday, Aug. 24, 2015. World stock markets plunged on Monday

Young workers in target-date funds hit hard by market drop

Young workers in target-date funds were hit hard by market drop, raising questions about their risk tolerance.
Business
August 29, 2015
social security. istock photo

Retirees need to fact-check Social Security advice

Information from the Social Security office is often wrong or misleading, economists and financial planners say.
Business
August 29, 2015
... Minneapolis
Built in 1907, this six-bedroom, three-bath house located in the Como neighborhood has four bedrooms on one level, new roof, birdseye

What $270,000 buys in the metro area

Here's a look at what $270,000 buys in Minneapolis, Columbus and Hastings.
Variety
August 29, 2015

Renting and the Law: Rental home tests high for radon; who's responsible?

West Metro
August 29, 2015
A construction worker walks past Dome Souvenirs, which is surrounded by large construction projects, in downtown Minneapolis on Friday, August 28, 201

Sports souvenir shop next to Metrodome is moving St. Louis Park

Sporting goods store that sat next to old Metrodome is moving.
Business
August 29, 2015

Schafer: New Orleans needed healing, not fixing

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