Business
February 18, 2017

Here's what you need to ask your financial adviser

Business
February 18, 2017

How to manage a 529 plan for your child's education

Business
February 18, 2017

5 things to know before filing 2016 tax returns

Business
February 18, 2017

Are meetings at your workplace a waste of time?

One business expert advocates "brain writing" as a way to avoid group-think.
Business
February 18, 2017
This Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012, file photo, shows a portion of the UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s campus in Minnetonka.

Whistleblower suit alleges UnitedHealth defrauded Medicare

A whistleblower lawsuit alleges that UnitedHealth Group's data analytics division helped the Minnetonka-based insurer and other health plans defraud the federal Medicare program by "upcoding" risk adjustment scores to boost payment rates.
Business
February 17, 2017
Jennifer Radke, CEO, National Institute for Social Media

Movers & Shakers: Jennifer Radke, CEO, National Institute for Social Media

Business
February 17, 2017

Midwest insider trading

Business
February 17, 2017
Tres Lund, of Lunds & Byerly's, stood in their new restaurant/ deli. ] (KYNDELL HARKNESS/STAR TRIBUNE) kyndell.harkness@startribune.com At the new Lun

Troubled pension fund sticking point in Lund sibling feud

Union employees vote Sunday to ratify a deal for Lunds Inc. to pull out of the union pension fund.
Business
February 17, 2017
The Minnesota landscape of the South West that was predominately tall grass prairie before settlement is now a patchwork of farm fields and rolling di

As farms grow bigger, Minnesota continues to lose farms

The decline mirrors national and regional trends.
Business
February 17, 2017
A Wells Fargo bank in New York, Jan. 12, 2017. Wells Fargo continues to struggle with the fallout from a phony accounts scandal that engulfed it last

Major challenges continue for Wells Fargo

Notoriety of the accounts scandal has been costly.
Business
February 17, 2017

Golden Valley-based Allianz Life tops $1 billion in operating profit and 2,225 employees in 2016

U.S. arm of the German financial services giant said net income rose 15%.
Business
February 17, 2017

Student debt in the U.S. continues to skyrocket

Business
February 17, 2017
General Mills, which is headquartered in Golden Valley, is cutting up to 600 jobs with a global restructuring.

General Mills shares fall on reduced outlook, bid by Kraft Heinz for Unilever

The company also lowered its sales estimate for the year by 4 percent.
Business
February 17, 2017
Home plan: traditional on the outside, contemporary on the inside. for 021217

Home plan: Tradition with a twist

Business
February 17, 2017
Gov. Dayton signs off on $35M in new state loans for farmers

Gov. Dayton signs off on $35M in new state loans for farmers

The bill extends the bonding authority of the state's Rural Finance Authority.
St. Paul
February 17, 2017

Schafer: Creating jobs takes a lot of hard work

Business
February 17, 2017

Sears Imported Autos invests and grows

The Mercedes dealer that had more than $100 million in revenue last year has broadened its product line.
Business
February 17, 2017

What goes better with warm weather than free Jonnypops? Today only

What goes better with warm weather than free Jonnypops? Today only
Eat & Drink
February 17, 2017
Participants in the "Day Without Immigrants" including members of Mexica Yolotl, a traditional Aztec group of Mexico-American dancers and drummers fro

100-plus businesses shut down in solidarity with immigrants

The Twin Cities response, part of a one-day national boycott, attempted to show how vital newcomers are to the U.S. economy.
Minneapolis
February 17, 2017
The Hillman building and adjacent Porter Electric Warehouse will be renovated to include retail and office space.
Courtesy Paster Properties

North Loop's Hillman building, built in 1884, to be renovated

Business

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