Business
January 4, 2019

California high court won't review $91M fine against UnitedHealthcare

A lower court in 2018 backed a state regulator's fine against the Minnetonka-based health insurer over claims violations.
Business
January 4, 2019

Company news: New division president at C.H. Robinson

Business
January 4, 2019

Senior care company Welcov Healthcare is 'winding down operations,' report says

Edina-based company on verge of expansion in 2015 has faced state scrutiny for care violations and now operates only 22 facilities instead of 60.
Inspired
January 4, 2019
Rene Coult-Calendine, Fairview Health's vice president of market and product development.

New Fairview program brings mental health professionals to the workplace

Rene Coult-Calendine of Fairview Health shares the program's goals and her hope for a new way to talk about overall well-being.
January 4, 2019
TSA explosives-detection dog Howard, seen at Reagan National Airport in 2018, has the floppy ears that the agency says it is increasingly seeking out.

TSA opting for a friendlier look with floppy-eared sniffer dogs

"We find the passenger acceptance of floppy-ear dogs is just better," a TSA official said. "Doesn't scare children."
Business
January 4, 2019
Forever stamps will cost 55 cents a pop come Jan. 27. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/TNS)

Price of Forever stamps is going up on Jan. 27

Business
January 4, 2019
Target beefs up offerings for Shipt same-day delivery

Target beefs up offerings for Shipt same-day delivery

Membership in service has tripled in the past year.
Business
January 4, 2019

Top Workplaces

Star Tribune Top Workplace survey
Business
January 4, 2019
Tips for Room & Board's ultra-popular clearance sale, starting Sat. in Edina

Tips for Room & Board's ultra-popular clearance sale, starting Sat. in Edina

Expect long lines at the annual sale, which moved to a new day this season.
St. Paul
January 4, 2019
The St. Paul Sears is set to close its doors permanently on Sunday.

Sears store in St. Paul turns its final pages

The store that operated near the Capitol for 55 years closes Sunday.
St. Paul
January 3, 2019
Nancy Przymus, from right, holds a sign against the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, as her neighbor Blue Delliquanti holds a sign supporting the plan during

After success with Mpls. 2040 plan, Neighbors for More Neighbors pops up in St. Paul

East-metro members say they want to influence planners and policymakers in the way that Minneapolis advocates did last year.
Business
January 3, 2019
Regular unleaded gas has broken the $2 a gallon barrier, selling for $1.99 at 36 Lyn Refuel Station at 36th and S. Lyndale Avenue Thursday, January 3,

Minnesota gas prices at lowest point in two years

With a crash in global oil prices, the average price Thursday for a gallon of gasoline was $2.10 in Minnesota and $2.25 nationwide.
Local
January 3, 2019
"We're in a whole different world if this thing doesn't get resolved at the beginning of that first week of Congress," said Myron Frans, commissioner

Minnesota state agencies ponder how federal shutdown will hit home

With no end in sight for the stalemate in Washington, leaders in Minnesota are scrambling to figure out what, exactly, will be disrupted and when.
Business
January 3, 2019
The headquarters of UCare in Minneapolis.

UCare letters to 21,000 people list wrong premium price

Health insurer says the mistake is being corrected, no customers overpaid.
Business
January 3, 2019
A logo sign outside of a facility occupied by Cargill, Inc., in Hopkins, Minnesota on October 25, 2015. Photo by Kristoffer Tripplaar *** Please Use C

Cargill profit falls 20 percent in a swirl of changing food, trade and energy trends

Slowdown in hog sales, low ethanol prices contributed to 20 percent earnings drop for the second quarter.
Business
January 3, 2019

Workplace predictions for 2019: Is e-mail dying?

Business
January 3, 2019
Delta Airlines aircraft are lined up at Terminal 5 in Los Angeles International Airport on Dec. 21, 2016. In December, Delta Air Lines will launch its

Delta shares plunge on revenue warning

It reports healthy demand but disappointing ticket pricing, revenue growth.
Minneapolis
January 2, 2019
Stephen Frenz.

Minneapolis landlord Stephen Frenz charged with perjury

He is accused of falsifying evidence in an effort to get a 2016 suit dismissed.
Business
January 2, 2019
A worker welds the frame for the 2016 Wildcat X side-by-side vehicle in 2015 at the Arctic Cat factory in Thief River Falls. (Leila Navidi)

Midwest manufacturing grows despite trade setbacks

Orders, sales help offset contractions in imports, exports in regional report.
Local
January 2, 2019
Ducks swim in a City of Shoreview retention pond Saturday, Nov. 9 2013, as train cars sit on the railraod track near Cardigan Junction in Shoreview, M

Minnesota cities sue refiners over cost of cleaning up polluted stormwater ponds

Seven cities say cleanup of carcinogenic chemicals should rest with manufacturers.

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