Business
May 24, 2017

Company news: Acquisition for EnteroMedics

St. Paul
May 23, 2017
Summit Brewing Co. will celebrate its 30th anniversary with limited-release beers like this double IPA.

St. Paul-based Summit Brewing to stop distribution in 6 states

The state's second-largest brewery said it wants to focus on its core market in the Upper Midwest.
East Metro
May 23, 2017

State drastically tightens limits on 3M chemicals in groundwater

New limits, half the level set last year by the E.P.A., mainly affect east metro and Bemidji drinking water.
Business
May 23, 2017
Target has reached a settlement in regard to the November 2013 data breach. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Target to pay $18.5M to 47 states over 2013 data breach

The settlement is the largest of its kind to date.
Minneapolis
May 23, 2017
Hennepin County is selling Century Plaza, the old Miller Vocational High School.

Developer pitches turning Century Plaza on the edge of downtown Minneapolis into new offices

Downtown Mpls. building slated to be sold for $9.4M and renovated into offices.
Business
May 23, 2017
The Federal Reserve building is seen in Washington, Wednesday, March 18, 2009, after it announced that it will spend up to $300 billion over the next

Fed leaders: Job disparity data becoming more important to central bank's decisions

The effects of poverty and inequality are becoming important to the Fed's assessment of job data.
Business
May 23, 2017
Target Chairman and CEO Brian Cornell speaks to a group of investors, Wednesday, March 2, 2016, in New York. Target�s annual meeting comes as the di

Target CEO says import tax bets 'paychecks on an untested theory'

Proponents of the border adjustment told Congress it would aid U.S. manufacturing.
West Metro
May 23, 2017
After shopping in the Otsego Super Target Wednesday afternoon, Geralynn Rhoades of Princeton stepped into the liquor store to pick up some champagne t

Target asks Minnetonka to delay vote on liquor store, mulls existing one

Target officials said they will look to buy an existing liquor store rather than add a new one.
Business
May 23, 2017
Minnesota's biggest employers have a real need for skilled hands and minds

Minnesota's biggest employers have a real need for skilled hands and minds

Minnesota's aging workforce has tightened the current job market. If trends continue, by mid-2018, there will be more jobs than people looking for them.
Minneapolis
May 23, 2017

State budget deal could end measure that would block local workplace rules

Republicans are expected to send the preemption measure to Gov. Mark Dayton as an individual bill, and Dayton would veto it.
Business
May 23, 2017
FILE - This Tuesday, May 6, 2014, file photo shows a sign outside Fiat Chrysler Automobiles world headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich. In a lawsuit fil

U.S. government sues Fiat Chrysler over diesel emissions

Complaint alleges nearly 104,000 vehicles were equipped to cheat tests.
Business
May 23, 2017

Alexander: Streaming TV and the need for speed

Streaming TV uses a lot of internet capacity.
Business
May 23, 2017
Lee Hall, a guitarist, banker and business advisor at Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers, and Alan Estevez of El Diablo Amps and Guitar i

MCCD, other growing nonprofit lender-advisers stimulate many tiny businesses

Nonprofit lender-advisers are helping small businesses get their feet underneath them.
Business
May 23, 2017

BDO will move its office to Minneapolis loop this month

The fast-growing Chicago-based firm positions itself as an alternative to the huge "Big Four."
Business
May 23, 2017
Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari, speaking Tuesday morning at the bank in downtown Minneapolis, signaled he's still wary about raising interest

Kashkari sounds another dovish note on interest rate hikes

The head of the Minneapolis Fed dissented the last time the central bank raised interest rates. This morning, he said he's still uncertain that the U.S. has reached full employment, signaling more caution.
Business
May 23, 2017
AT&T employees picket outside a store on Wall Street in New York on Friday. (Andrea Mohin/The New York Times)

Contract negotiations back on after AT&T workers strike over the weekend

Workers in Minnesota and across the country went on strike this weekend.
Business
May 22, 2017

Jay Debertin named president and CEO of Inver Grove Heights-based CHS Inc.

Carl Casale replaced by veteran manager after co-op's earnings flounder.
Business
May 22, 2017

Medical device giant Philips buys St. Paul-based RespirTech, maker of vests to assist breathing

The St. Paul company makes vests to help patients clear their lungs.
Business
May 22, 2017
Target CEO Brian Cornell will speak at a hearing of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee later this week against a border adjustment tax.

Target CEO Brian Cornell to testify in DC against import tax

Proposed rule could drive price increases for retailers.
Business
May 22, 2017

Company news: WSI Industries names Pudil as CEO for second time

Business

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