Business links for the day from Minnesota, the Upper Midwest and the world.
By adambelz
January 28, 2014 — 9:25am
Durable good orders plunged surprisingly in December – Reuters A mildly interesting profile of Narayana Kocherlakota – NY Times Young people read more than old people – Pew Internet Outside Silicon Valley, California's not so golden for business – Economist Yes, phone batteries die a lot quicker when it's -10 – Drake Chicago home prices soared in November – Chicago Tribune Duluth submersible pump maker to expand in Twin Cities – News Tribune Obama State of the Union to focus on income inequality – LA Times Former FDIC chief Sheila Bair becomes director of Spanish bank – Buzzfeed NE Wisconsin's littoral combat ship program in jeopardy, again – Journal-Sentinel Gay Talese and the art of nonfiction – Paris Review
U.S. Rep. Michelle Fischbach has a solidly conservative voting record. But Steve Boyd, a Christian conservative who has never held public office, is gaining traction as an outsider.