Business
October 12, 2019
Amazon Echo Car (Provided by Amazon)

Gadgets: Take Alexa with you in the car

The handoff between the home version connected to Wi-Fi and the car version connected to your phone can be bumpy.
Business
October 12, 2019

Business bookshelf: 'The Marginal Revolutionaries'

Business
October 12, 2019
Hy-Vee’s newest store, in Maple Grove, will open Tuesday.

Hy-Vee opens its 12th Twin Cities store in Maple Grove on Tuesday

Expansion has slowed, but CEO says commitment to this area will continue.
Business
October 11, 2019
Arielle Rausin, founder of Ingenium Manufacturing, uses her custom wheelchair racing gloves during practice at the National Training Center for Wheelc

How a wheelchair athlete's invention led to a growing business

Paralyzed at age 10, Arielle Rausin tapped 3-D printing to make custom gloves for wheelchair racers while in college.
Business
October 11, 2019
FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2016, file photo, Mark Tritton, executive vice president and chief merchandising officer for Target, discusses some of the hol

Market recap: Bed Bath & Beyond shares up on CEO hire

The struggling home goods chain surged 24% after it named Target's former chief merchandising officer to the job.
Business
October 11, 2019
FILE - In this April 9, 2010, file photo, Summett Kumar, a Crocs ambassador, works at Crocs store inside the Beverly Center shopping mall in Los Angel

Teens sense a slowing economy, pull back spending

Survey by Minneapolis-based Piper Jaffray takes the pulse of shifting moods of U.S. youths.
Business
October 11, 2019
A logo sign outside of the headquarters of the Fastenal Company in Winona, Minnesota on October 25, 2015. Photo by Kristoffer Tripplaar *** Please Use

Fastenal shares jump 17%, biggest one-day gain in 32 years, after upbeat results

Winona company's sales and profits beat expectations as the manufacturing sector cools.
Duluth
October 11, 2019
FILE-A Costco Wholesale store in Tennessee. The warehouse retailer is planning its first Duluth location.

Warehouse retailer Costco makes plans for first store in Duluth

The chain is looking at a property near Duluth International Airport.
Business
October 11, 2019

Pressure mounts for med-tech to show its value

A push to value-based care may not treat all device categories the same under the proposal.
Business
October 11, 2019
Angie Bastian, co-founder of Angie's Boomchickapop, described her entrepreneurial journey to an audience at an event Thursday, the first day of the Tw

Founder of Angie's Boomchickapop didn't let State Fair rejection stop her

Entrepreneur Angie Bastian offered inspiration and a road map at Twin Cities Startup Week.
Business
October 11, 2019

3M closes $6.7 billion purchase of wound care products firm Acelity

The deal, which includes the assumption of $2.4 billion in debt, gives 3M a business that is well regarded for advanced wound care dressings and therapies.
Business
October 11, 2019
Mike Lindell's company, MyPIllow, has grown froma $3 million company with 60 employees to a $102 million company with 600 employees in Minnesota. Shak

Harvey Mackay: Fun, creative ideas

Business
October 11, 2019
Redevelopment planned along Valley Creek Road in Woodbury

Redevelopment planned along Valley Creek Road in Woodbury

A new medical office building and retail development is planned to replace older buildings along Valley Creek Road.
Business
October 11, 2019
Shawn Severson, director of Life Time Edina, discusses the soccer activities offered at Life Time Sport.

Luxurious $43 million Life Time club set to open this year at Southdale

The four-level club will offer a new level of luxury for Life Time's fitness members in the Twin Cities.
Business
October 11, 2019
Weekend snow? A great time for patio furniture bargains in Twin Cities

Weekend snow? A great time for patio furniture bargains in Twin Cities

Wholesale prices expected to rise 30% next spring due to tariffs.
Business
October 10, 2019
Snow and frost will delay harvest for Minnesota farmers, capping a year of miserable weather that was shaped by heavy spring rains and late planting.

This weekend's snow and cold will top off a miserable year for Minnesota farmers

Many late-planted crops haven't reached maturity, and a frost could cut into profits.
Business
October 10, 2019
The city of St. Paul is taking proposals on how to redevelop the RiverCentre parking ramp. (Provided by RiverCentre)

St. Paul solicits private development proposals for RiverCentre parking ramp

St. Paul wants a replacement parking garage, along with a hotel, offices or other building.
South Metro
October 10, 2019
Safety Signs vice president Jay Blanchard, right, his wife, company president Sue Blanchard, and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, laughed as they tried

In Lakeville, Vice President Mike Pence praises 'extraordinary period' of economic prosperity

Pence says Trump's economic policies have helped small businesses like Safety Signs.
Outdoors
October 10, 2019
Angler Terry Bolton at a recent tournament hosted by Fishing League Worldwide. The tournament company, also known as FLW, was sold to Major League Fis

Six months after Irwin Jacobs' death, his fishing tournament firm is sold

Major League Fishing buys late Minnesota businessman's Fishing League Worldwide.
Business
October 10, 2019
Ecolab's headquarters in St. Paul (Provided by Ecolab)

Schafer: Why Ecolab must undo a deal that's already complete

It provides a fascinating glimpse into a problem that big companies might continue to have as they keep trying to grow in their main lines of business.

Business

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