Business
March 22, 2019

Tech firms like Amazon and Microsoft see energy industry as new source of income

Business
March 22, 2019
Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari, shown in a 2015 file image, has resisted interest-rate hikes and supported the central bank's decision to ess

After Fed halts rate hikes, Kashkari signals a rethink on fundamental measure

Kashkari, long a dove on hikes, has new thoughts on fundamental measure.
Business
March 22, 2019

Twin Cities' Smiths Medical to spin off from British parent company

Medical firm will be based in U.K., retain operational HQ in the Twin Cities.
Business
March 22, 2019
Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson speaks Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at the company's annual shareholders meeting in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Starbucks sets up $100 mln fund to invest in food and retail startups

Local
March 22, 2019
A former iron ore processing plant near Hoyt Lakes, Minn., would be used by PolyMet as part of a planned copper-nickel mining operation.

PolyMet receives last major permit to begin mining in northeast Minn.

Decision marks milestone for copper-nickel mine; opponents weigh lawsuit.
Business
March 22, 2019
Andrew Clarke, chief financial officer of C.H. Robinson, is leaving the Eden Prairie based company effective Monday.

C.H. Robinson CFO Andrew Clarke is leaving the company

No replacement has been named for Andrew Clarke, as the leadership transition proceeds.
Business
March 22, 2019
Anne Berg gave Penn Cycle owner Pat Sorensen a hug on Monday. Berg's dad bought her first bicycle, a green Schwinn English racer, at the shop and the

Penn Cycle sells to Freewheel Bike after 61 years in business

Family-owned operation launched in 1957, had recently been under financial strain.
Business
March 22, 2019
A new sort of app: U.S. Bank senior executive Gareth Gaston led the core group that designed the app. He said in order to be helpful to customers, the

U.S. Bank gets ready to roll out a whole new app

The app, which took hundreds of U.S. Bank employees a year to build, reflects a new relationship between banks and customers.
Business
March 22, 2019
Gamblers line up to place bets on the NCAA men's college basketball tournament at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City N.J., Thursday, March 21, 2019.

Embracing March Madness: Employers go all in with basketball watch parties, pizza and office pools

Business
March 21, 2019
The Minnesota State Capitol as seen from downtown St. Paul. ] GLEN STUBBE • glen.stubbe@startribune.com Monday, December 3, 2018 EDS, available

Number of top income tax filers continues to rise in Minnesota

New revenue data fuels the tax debate at Capitol.
Business
March 21, 2019
The Medtronic CareLink 2090 Programmer is a portable computer system used to program and manage cardiac devices in clinic and during implant. The devi

750,000 Medtronic defibrillators are vulnerable to hacking

The Homeland Security Department, which oversees security in critical U.S. infrastructure including medical devices, issued an alert.
Business
March 21, 2019
FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, file photo, a crane moves a pair of wheels recovered from the Lion Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea for f

Families of victims of Lion Air crash were pressured to sign deal

Business
March 21, 2019
Last month's cold and snow brought out a halt to some construction work around the state, contributing to a decline of about 8,800 jobs in the Minneso

Winter wiped out 9,000 Minn. jobs, may signal a bigger turn

Minnesota lost 8,800 jobs in February. U.S. job growth also slowed and Minnesota lost jobs over a 12-month period for the first time since 2010.
Business
March 21, 2019
A UnitedHealthcare branch in Brooklyn, New York, March 5, 2018. In response to growing consumer frustration over drug prices, UnitedHealthcare, one of

UnitedHealthcare's rebates to employers jump to $146 million

Business
March 21, 2019
Dr. Kyle Kingsley, CEO of Minnesota Medical Solutions, commented on the expansion of Minnesota's medical marijuana program to pain patients at a news

Minnesota cannabis firm adds value on Canadian stock exchange

Vireo, the multi-state cannabis company that operates in Minnesota as Minnesota Medical Solutions, is valued at about $450 million in inaugural trading this week on the Canadian Securities Exchange.
West Metro
March 21, 2019
The general concept for the as-yet unnamed park, to be built on land donated by developer Trammell Crow and High Street Residential, has received the

Minnetonka is planning a park in the Ridgedale parking lot

A corner of the Ridgedale parking lot in Minnetonka may become gardens, play areas and plaza with a stage.
Business
March 21, 2019

Recent job listing for Epicurious went viral — and not in a good way

Business
March 21, 2019
Petitioners from all over the world listen to speakers as the ceremony begins during a naturalization ceremony at the Lowell Auditorium where 633 immi

Why Texas businesses are gearing up to fight for immigrants

Business
March 21, 2019
FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, file photo, a trader works at the New York Stock Exchange. Corporations' appetite for buying back their own sto

Schafer: Companies should be smarter about stock buybacks

East Metro
March 20, 2019
Minneapolis developer Alatus was chosen to lead the redevelopment of the biggest empty property available in the Twin Cities: the former site of the T

Arden Hills refuses to end TCAAP power-sharing

Arden Hills officials accuse Ramsey County of "bullying" them to come to the table.

Business

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