Business
October 12, 2020
Alicia Boler-Davis, General Motors senior vice president, Global Connected Customer Experience, speaks about Google's Android Auto system in 2015.

Alexander: What to do if phone-to-car software link disconnects

When you connect your 2016 phone to your 2020 car via the "Android Auto" software, the age difference may matter.
Business
October 12, 2020
Minnesota small business ownerrs Ingrid Chrisensen (left), Amalia Moreno-Damgaard and Bethany Wood are odds beaters and trend setters. Photo:Neal.St.A

Community key to these Minnesota women-owned firms honored by SBA

If demographers are right, more women and minority entrepreneurs like them will be needed in large numbers to help the country recover.
Agriculture
October 12, 2020
A laborer carries a sack of wheat in a state food corporation warehouse, in Jammu, India in 2011.

World Food Day aims to intensify the battle against hunger

Global Minnesota will host a virtual World Food Day conference, one of several across the globe.
Business
October 11, 2020
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The U.S. economic recovery has "flattened out" and is in v

Kashkari says economy needs more fiscal support to aid recovery

Business
October 11, 2020
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The U.S. economic recovery has "flattened out" and is in v

Kashkari says stimulus crucial to revive a flattened recovery

Local
October 11, 2020
Luv-Luv Morton checked employees in after asking about COVID-19 symptoms at Amazon's Shakopee fulfillment center.

COVID-19 a concern as Amazon's Shakopee warehouse prepares for Prime Day, holidays

Among the company's workers, Minnesota has highest COVID-19 rate of any state.
Business
October 11, 2020

New chief commercial officer seeks to serve more clients more meaningfully at Thrivent

Thrivent is well positioned to invest in its transformational growth strategy, Mary Jane Fortin said.
Business
October 11, 2020

Mackay: To succeed, learn to deal with disappointment

Disappointment is part of life. It happens to everyone. To avoid being disappointed is to avoid being human.
Business
October 11, 2020

Getting the best brainstorming out of your work team

First, create an environment that is a psychologically safe space because establishing an atmosphere of trust is crucial.
Business
October 11, 2020

Recent bankruptcy filings in Minneapolis and St. Paul

Business
October 11, 2020

Minnesota mergers and acquisitions

Business
October 11, 2020
Movers Evan Pennycook left, and Brandon Smith, right, with Junk King, load boxes and bags full of unwanted items from a home onto their truck Tuesday,

Junk haulers have hands full with pandemic purges

Spending more time at home, people are cleaning out their clutter and rehabbing their spaces.
Business
October 11, 2020

Business people

Business
October 11, 2020

Insider trading

Business
October 10, 2020
EDS. RETRANSMISSION TO REMOVE USAGE EMBARGO *** FILE -- The Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., June 26, 2020. Mar-a-Lago, where a flood of new mem

The swamp that Trump built: How the president reinvented D.C.'s culture of favor-seeking

As president, Trump built a system of direct presidential influence-peddling unrivaled in modern U.S. politics
Local
October 10, 2020
Customers wore mandatory masks and were offered disposable gloves to use at the self-serve buffet area at the Golden Coral Buffet and Grill. ] LEILA N

With business down more than a third, restaurants dreading winter chill

Without outdoor dining, restaurants say they will need aid from Washington.
Business
October 10, 2020
Dr. Ali Barbarawi, a dentist whose practice is in the building neighboring Uncle Hugo's, toured the remodeling work being done to his clinic after it

In Minneapolis, a parking dispute delays Chicago Avenue rebuilding project

Parking spaces almost derailed plan to expand dental clinic into former bookstore on Chicago Avenue until city reversed course
Business
October 10, 2020

Hidden home risks that send insurance through the roof

Business
October 10, 2020

Remember when you could save money without big risks? Here's one reason that ended

Our last good old days began in 1981 and lasted through 2001. Since then, it has been hit or miss — mostly miss.
Business
October 10, 2020

Schafer: Venture capitalists willing to fund insurance startups who try to crawl over 'wall'

These firms are very much still startups, and you can hear a little Silicon Valley-style language in how they talk about themselves.

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