Business
Hormel Foods, eight other Minnesota companies, make 100 Best Corporate Citizens list
Hormel Foods cracked the top 10 on Corporate Responsibility Magazine's annual list of the nation's 100 Best Corporate Citizens released Thursday, with eight other Minnesota companies also earning a spot. The list, in its 18th year, ranks public companies based on 260 measures available in public records.
Business
Minnesota added 5,300 jobs in March; jobless rate dips to 3.8 percent
Minnesota's annual job growth rate inched ahead of nation's for first time since July 2014.
Business
CenturyLink gains flexibility to raise rates in Minnesota
CenturyLink, the state's dominant provider of landline phone service, will be mostly deregulated after a decision Thursday by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.
East Metro
Old Deluxe headquarters in Shoreview slated for affordable housing
City officials and developers this month reached agreement on the redevelopment of a vacant building in the business park into market-rate apartments.
Business
Buffalo Wild Wings critic raises stakes by seeking resignation of CEO Smith
A major investor in Buffalo Wild Wings says longtime CEO Sally Smith has to go
Business
Evenstad family sells Upsher-Smith Labs generics business to Japanese firm for $1 billion
Upsher-Smith may add jobs after the transaction.
Business
First Starkey defendant pleads guilty to tax evasion
Former executive forfeits $2.3 million, will testify.
Business
Innovation chief departs Target as projects are dismantled
Casey Carl, a Target Corp. lifer and currently its chief innovation and strategy officer, is leaving the company amid a narrowing of innovation efforts to those that yield faster results tied to its core business.
TV & Media
Bill O'Reilly's Fox News payout could be as high as $25 million
He was forced out of the network after the disclosure of a series of sexual harassment allegations against him.
Business
General Mills commits millions to soil health initiative
General Mills is committing $2 million over three years to help The Nature Conservancy, the Soil Health Institute and the Soil Health Partnership advance its roadmap.
Home & Garden
Staging your home to sell: Experts share their best tips
A few well-chosen improvements go a long way toward appealing to today's buyers, and it doesn't mean spending a fortune.
Business
Sentera soaring to next level with farm drones
Richfield-based Sentera, one of several surviving makers of drones and related software for farmers, is gaining altitude.
Business
Mortgage rates dip below 4% for the first time since November
Just in time for the busiest home shopping season of the year, mortgage rates continue to fall, this week dipping below 4 percent for the first time since November, according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey.
West Metro
Edina approves major 50th & France retail, housing, parking additions
Plans for more housing, retail and parking were approved by the City Council on Tuesday night.
Business
Minnesota continues to be a top state for wind power
Xcel Energy leads utilities in the energy as well.
Business
U.S. Bancorp beats forecasts with 6.3 percent jump in profit
The company's new CEO began his first full day on the job with an earnings beat.
Business
Abbott holds steady on release date for new ICD
Company expects clearance for a new defibrillator later this year despite FDA warning letter.
Minneapolis
HCMC and workers reach settlement, but lawsuit continues
Hospital agrees to several moves, but claim of employer hostility toward union still has a court date.
Business
Economist studies the importance of luck in "success"
Robert Frank lectured at the University of St. Thomas on why luck plays a bigger role than believed in economic success.
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