Opening Belz, Jan. 27

Business links for the day from Minnesota, the Upper Midwest and the world.

January 27, 2015 at 3:10PM

Dayton proposes gas tax hike to fix roads – StarTribune
Malt-o-Meal, private Lakeville cereal company, sold to Post for $1.2bn – StarTribune
Caterpillar earnings fall on lower commodity prices – Reuters
Medtronic finalizes acquisition of Covidien, now an Irish company – StarTribune
Oshkosh Corp. profit falls 40% on declining military revenue – Journal Sentinel
University of Iowa absorbs business college, grows footprint in Des Moines – CR Gazette
Old piece saying wage stagnation may be less pernicious than it appears – Bloomberg
All you ever (or never) wanted to know about quantitative easing – John Cassidy
France's far right party and its appeal to youth – Buzzfeed
How the Indian press responded to Obama – WSJ
What Google tells us about sex that no one will admit – NY Times

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