Business
Toro posts strong first quarter results as key seasonal sales converge
Residential buyers purchased snow equipment as contractors bought landscaping mowers.
Business
Medtronic to build campus in Colorado; may add 1,000 jobs there
The medical device maker said the project, which is to be completed in 2022, won't affect its Twin Cities operations.
Business
CEO Paywatch: Ceredian CEO Ossip surpasses $100M threshold in 2020
Leader of Bloomington software company saw a huge gain in 2020 compensation after exercising stock options that soared in value.
Duluth
Duluth's 'offshore to the North Shore' tech firm acquired by Wayzata firm
Saturn Systems will remain in Duluth as an RBA subsidiary.
Business
Blue Cross of Minnesota lawsuit takes aim at 'Pharma Bro'
Lawsuit alleges monopoly scheme by drug company once headed by now imprisoned Martin Shkreli.
Business
Boston Scientific to pay $1.1B for kidney stone laser system
The med-tech company said the deal is expected to close in the second half of 2021.
Business
Minneapolis-based Bio-Techne buying Texas company for at least $215M
Asuragen makes testing kits to detect genetic carriers and oncology markers.
Business
Eden Prairie's iMedia wants to give Christopher & Banks a new life
The owner of ShopHQ plans to launch a weekly TV show featuring the brand and also will run the online store.
Business
St. Cloud-based Marco's CEO retiring
Gau started as a sales rep there 37 years ago; firm's president will take his job.
Business
Second half of 2020 tough for much of Twin Cities commercial real estate
Apartment and industrial properties stay strong while offices and hotels struggle, report says
Business
Communications Systems to become Pineapple, switch focus to home solar industry
The Minnetonka company already has sold two businesses and plans to divest its other holdings in the broadband industry to fund the merger and new company.
Business
Increased pet ownership during pandemic helps Mendota Heights' company double quarterly earnings
Increased pet ownership helped Patterson's third quarter results while dental practices are still struggling to get back to pre-pandemic patient levels.
Agriculture
![Bonnie Haugen and her family have been farming near Canton, Minnesota near the Iowa border since the 1990s. ] Decades of population loss, agribusiness](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/A7ZEL2OUEGAUE7GHXKGT5LWM7Q.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
Minnesota farmers prepare for new direction from Washington
A new year brings new reasons for optimism for Minnesota's farmers, fueled by a booming export market with China and forecasts for a strong 2021 harvest. But the new administration has farmers wondering what's in store.
Business
Best Buy makes deal to provide its senior services on Apple Watch
The platform will be the first to use Apple's fall detection technology.
Business
Minnesota product is the trick to scraping ice from your driveway
His effective sidewalk device is environmental alternative to ice melters.
Business
Shoreview company's 'Small Business Revolution' comes home to help Black-owned firms
Deluxe's reality series has focused on small towns, but after George Floyd's killing and the unrest that followed, the company decided to focus on Twin Cities.
Local
U to expand study of whether common diabetes drug could treat COVID
Early research suggests metformin, an inexpensive drug used for diabetes and weight loss, can help women infected with the virus avoid serious illness.
Business
Target's sales grew $15B last year, more than last 11 combined
Now the Minneapolis-based retailer plans to invest $4B a year to be ready for whatever the next disruption will be.
Business
Eagan truss and pallet maker to pay $90K over 'blatant gender discrimination'
Eagan company will pay $90,000, agrees to change hiring, training practices.
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