Business
General Mills buys Belgian pet food brand Edgard & Cooper
The acquisition gives the company broad access to a $25 billion pet food market in Europe.
Business
Ecolab sells surgical business for nearly $1 billion
Medline, an Illinois-based private company, bought the unit, which makes products such as operating room drapes.
Business
Target CEO was paid $18.1 million in 2023
The company's profits improved last year but Brian Cornell's realized pay dropped 47%.
Business
CHS and ag co-op Growmark decide not to merge
The two cooperatives began an "exploratory process" early this year.
Business
Land O'Lakes delivers a profit for its dairy unit that, like the industry, has been strained
The Minnesota-based cooperative's animal nutrition business is "in transition," however.
Business
General Mills could sell $2B-plus North American yogurt business, including Yoplait
Golden Valley-based Mills already has sold its stake in yogurt in Europe.
Business
Minneapolis-made app aims to be embedded in car touch screens
A Q&A with Jazz Hampton, the CEO of Minneapolis-based TurnSignl, an on-demand, real-time app that gives drivers access to live legal representation during traffic stops and accidents.
Business
What commission changes mean for Minnesota homebuyers, sellers and agents
The National Association of Realtors' settlement, reached in March, is most likely to affect those looking to purchase a home.
Business
Mackay: Asking the right type of questions can help get you ahead
The key is to ask open-ended questions and listen closely before asking a follow-up.
Business
Friends split a mortgage, share a home to beat high housing costs
A growing number of nonmarried people are sharing the high cost of homeownership.
Business
After hiring bonanza, tech workers now grapple with layoffs and disillusionment
Companies went on a tech hiring spree in the pandemic, but many of those jobs have since been cut.
Business
Ramstad: Minnesota demographer takes deeper look at migration, workforce pressure
Every business owner and executive should read it to understand the consumption, labor trends.
Business
Eliminating emotional behaviors leads to sounder financial decisions
The work of recently passed Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman helps illuminate how emotions can interfere with rational decisionmaking.
Business
Challenging some long-held grammar rules
Do we really need to use the proper who/whom in writing when people often shirk that rule in everyday speech?
Business
G/O Media sells satirical news site the Onion to group of digital media veterans
New owner Global Tetrahedron is named after a sinister fictional company in the book "Our Dumb Century."
Business
UCare saw $82.1M operating loss last year as patients returned for care
Red ink occurred after unusually profitable 2022 for HMOs in Medicaid and other public health insurance programs.
Business
After ATF ruling, bottom falls out for St. Cloud firearms maker
Maxim Defense Industries' business is anchored in pistol braces, which federal regulators say often turn handguns into tightly controlled short-barreled rifles.
Minneapolis
Minneapolis to set up Lake Street Community Safety Center, and wants residents' help to define it
A temporary community safety center on the immigrant business corridor, followed by a permanent one coming to 2633 Minnehaha Av., aim to reinvigorate public safety in south Minneapolis.
Business
Minnesota DFL wants faster clean energy permits, but some are wary of shortcutting public input
Lawmakers promise an effort to cut red tape for clean power won't result in meaningfully less oversight or public involvement.
Business
AG Ellison calls on UnitedHealth to provide more help in cyberattack
Attorneys general in 22 states signed a letter calling the response thus far "inadequate" and questioning if company-owned clinics have received more assistance than others.
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