Business
April 23, 2018
Target is placing more electric vehicle charging posts in front of its stores.

Target, Walmart rolling out more electric vehicle charging stations

Target, Walmart to roll out hundreds of charging stations to stores
Business
April 23, 2018
The One Spot online property management platform is designed to help property managers streamline tasks such as work orders to fix broken items throug

Plymouth startup creates One Spot app to streamline work of property managers

The One Spot software was developed to help commercial property managers more efficiently oversee work at sites.
Business
April 23, 2018
Man Cave Craft Eats wants to appeal to broader audience with new name and look

Man Cave Craft Eats wants to appeal to broader audience with new name and look

The fast-growing craft meats company, based in Minneapolis, wants its new name, Mighty Spark Food Co., to attract women as well as men. The company hopes the new brand positions it as a "better-for-you" option in the meat aisle without compromising on taste.
Business
April 23, 2018
In this photo taken Sept. 15, 2014, a computer screen displaying the voice biometric features of a telephone call during a demonstration at the ValidS

Who is bashing Air T online? Company files lawsuit to find out

The criticism comes in the wake of a rocky year for Air T, which lost $3.2 million on revenue of $148 million in 2017.
Business
April 23, 2018
PREFERRED by Dave Denney: AVI Systems CEO Jeff Stoebner and founder Joe Stoebner, who sold the company to an employee stock ownership plan between 199

Employee-owned AVI Systems outpaces its industry

Workers have a piece of the action at fast-growing audiovisual firm
Business
April 22, 2018
FILE- In this Sept. 12, 2017, file photo, a man films a Toyota C-HR concept on the first media day of the International Frankfurt Motor Show IAA in Fr

Toyota to start deploying chips in battle to get cars 'talking'

Toyota laid out plans to start putting short-range communications chips in U.S. vehicles in the next three years, staking out its position in a battle to make cars safer by getting them to "talk" with one another.
Business
April 22, 2018

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Business
April 21, 2018
Regions Hospital in St. Paul.

Regions Hospital pushes for exception to state law to add more beds

Growth in specialty care drawing patients from outside Regions' base in Ramsey County is just one of many factors that officials said are pushing the hospital up against its current limit on beds.
Business
April 21, 2018
Tech Dump CEO Amanda LaGrange (center) chats with technicians Dan Saba (left) and Alonzo Nelson (right) as they work on refurbishing an iPhone and com

Tech Dump CEO Amanda LaGrange on tough market for recycled electronicss

Amanda LaGrange, chief executive of Tech Dump, was recently named one of 24 Bush Foundation fellows who receive up to $100,000 over 12 to 24 months to help them develop as leaders advancing their plans.
Business
April 21, 2018
Dunwoody College of Technology has launched the first phase of what could be $40 million worth of renovation to its century-old Minneapolis campus.

Dunwoody remakes itself for a changing economy

Dunwoody's growth has been constrained by its century-old building, just west of downtown. The school is underway on the first phase of a remodel approaching $40 million over several years.
Business
April 21, 2018

Five tips for picking a great real estate agent

Cutting through the hype and finding the right person can be tough.
Business
April 21, 2018
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday, April 17, 2018. Macron is expe

The falling dollar means investors should look abroad — carefully

The falling dollar has made foreign investment a better bet, but there are some important factors one must keep in mind.
Business
April 21, 2018

Insite Software raises more venture capital

Insite Software says it's having success since moving to a software-as-a-service model distributed from the cloud.
Business
April 21, 2018

Student loans: Are you making repayment harder?

Many borrowers have the power to make their loan payments more manageable.
Business
April 21, 2018
Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari

Schafer: Fed's Kashkari sees strengthening case for higher rates

Kashkari spent much of last year as a sometimes lonely voice at the Fed opposing the idea that short-term interest rates should go up. While he's not exactly on board now with boosting them, a lot has changed since his last no vote. That was only last December.
Business
April 21, 2018
Amazon employees spend time with their dogs in a 17th-floor dog park on the companyís campus in Seattle on Nov. 6, 2017. For Seattle, Amazon has

Want to make your employees happier and more productive? Bring in the dogs

Hate leaving behind your furry friend while go to work? Increasingly, businesses are allowing their employees to bring their pets to the office.
Business
April 21, 2018
FILE- In this Jan. 16, 2018, file photo, the General Electric logo is displayed at the top of their Global Operations Center in the Banks development

Market recap: GE stock rises on stronger than expected earnings

General Electric climbed 3.9 percent to $14.54 Friday after the conglomerate reported quarterly results that beat Wall Street's expectations and said it expects to book as much as $10 billion in proceeds from divesting industrial assets this year.
Business
April 20, 2018

Recent bankruptcy filings in Minneapolis and St. Paul

An overview of recent bankruptcy filings in the Twin Cities.
Business
April 20, 2018

Jobs calendar

Upcoming jobs-related events in the Twin Cities.
Business
April 20, 2018

Business calendar

Upcoming business-related events in the Twin Cities.

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