Local
January 8, 2019
Allison O'Toole, formerly the leader of MNsure, has been named CEO of Second Harvest Heartland.

Former MNsure leader Allison O'Toole named Second Harvest Heartland CEO

The food bank, among the nation's largest, is in the midst of major expansion.
Minneapolis
January 8, 2019
This is a rendering of the proposed Gateway Tower from June 2018.

United Properties says city conditions could put Gateway tower in jeopardy

United Properties says tower needs rooftop sign for anchor tenant and a drive-up entrance.
Business
January 8, 2019
The Pentair U.S. operational headquarters in Golden Valley. (GLEN STUBBE/glen.stubbe@startribune.com)

Pentair to spend $280 million in deals for two residential water firms

The company, run from Golden Valley, will buy Pelican Water and Aquion.
Business
January 8, 2019
The EyeBox, a medical device invented by a Minneapolis doctor, has been cleared as a quick, noninvasive test to detect concussions by having the patie

Concussion-detection device developed by Minnesota doctor gets FDA OK

The EyeBox can detect dysfunction in the brain by tracking eye movements.
Business
January 7, 2019
Snap Fitness founder Peter Taunton steps aside as CEO and chair of the board of Lift Brands. (Provided photo)

Chanhassen-based Snap Fitness founder resigns as CEO, takes advisory role

Peter Taunton will be strategic adviser as he shifts more time to a scholarship charity.
Business
January 7, 2019
The exterior of the new Hy-Vee grocery store in Cottage Grove Monday afternoon.

Hy-Vee recalls cheesecakes on salmonella fear

Business
January 7, 2019

Mn engineering firms raise record amount for food charities

Ten Minnesota engineering firms have nearly tripled the amount they raise for food charities since the 2012 holiday season.
West Metro
January 7, 2019
The entrance to Mall of America's new wing.

Tax break for poor areas boosts Mall of America district

Zones meant to help the poorest neighborhoods.
Business
January 7, 2019
SHARK TANK - The Sharks -- tough, self-made, multi-millionaire and billionaire tycoons -- will once again give budding entrepreneurs the chance to mak

Twin Cities pranksters took on the sharks of Shark Tank in December

St. Paul's Ryan Walther, a founder of the Onion, fooled the Shark Tank investors before he exhibited the real company.
Business
January 7, 2019
Banner Engineering Corporation CEO Ty Fayfield at the newest addition to their headquarters, Friday, December 7, 2018 in Plymouth, MN. The company mak

Minn. company is 'well-kept secret' in $150B sensor technology industry

With a new generation at the helm, Banner Engineering is rapidly growing as a U.S. leader in sensor technology.
Business
January 6, 2019
A photograph of the HealthCare.gov website in October 2018.

Affordable Care Act's fate worries many in Minn.

Breadth of 2010 health care law means many will be affected if it's struck down in the courts.
Business
January 6, 2019
IntriCon CEO Mark Gorder with hearing aids in 2017.

St. Anthony: Has IntriCon stock been a good investment? Depends

One of the best-performing Minnesota stocks of 2017 and into the summer of last year has gone from hot to cold.
Business
January 6, 2019
FILE-- President Donald Trump at a bilateral dinner meeting with President Xi Jinping of China during the Group of 20 summit at the Hyatt Palace Hotel

Volatile 2018 ends on down note for majority of Minnesota's big firms

Among 72 major public firms, only 32 saw positive returns last year.
Business
January 5, 2019

Business bookshelf: Reinventing innovation

Business
January 5, 2019
FILE- In this Nov. 20, 2018, file photo an American flag flies outside New York Stock Exchange. The stock market hasn't been this dizzying in years, a

What's a nervous investor to do in volatile market? Not much really

Squelch the urge to retreat amid wild stock market swings, financial advisers say.
Business
January 5, 2019
FILE - In this Friday, May 13, 2016, file photo, a man uses his mobile phone near an Apple store in Beijing. Apple reports financial results Tuesday,

How the Apple aftershock was felt in Minnesota and consumer wallets

Few corporate revenue warnings echo the way Apple's did last week.
Local
January 5, 2019
The social cost of carbon kicks in on power generation projects like the one Xcel Energy has planned for Becker, Minn. Sherco's coal plants will be ph

Progress on greenhouse gas emissions, but not quite what Minnesota hoped

Report shows power plants made biggest cuts.
Local
January 5, 2019
GLEN STUBBE ¥ gstubbe@startribune.com - Wednesday, July 29, 2009 -- Pine Island, Minn. -- ] Work crews laid sewer line near Highway 52 on what wi

Prairie Island buys land near Pine Island

Concern over nuclear waste, aging power plant spur $15.5M purchase.
Local
January 5, 2019
"Ali J Boutique" Manager McCall Amundson, left, and owner Alison Werder, cq, right, talked about the success of the retail business in small town Minn

Recession decimated outstate Minnesota retailers, but there are bright spots

Of the state's 47 largest retail centers outside the Twin Cities, all but two saw a loss of retailers from 2009 to 2015.
Business
January 5, 2019
Kmart chairman Edward Lampert, left, and Sears CEO Alan Lacy listen during a news conference to announce the merger of Kmart and Sears in New York Wed

Schafer: Sears chairman will be remembered as professional investor who didn't want to invest

It's a harsh world for retailers and maybe nothing would have worked, but Edward Lampert gave away the company's best chance.

Business

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