Business links for the day from Minnesota, the Upper Midwest and the world.
By adambelz
September 11, 2014 — 10:18am
Steven Pinker on Ivy League admissions and meritocracy – New Republic Schafer: Apple Pay is the real news from Apple – StarTribune| What's NASA up to these days? A lot, they just can't explain it – GQ Target holds a pep rally: "We need to be cool again" – StarTribune Chinese global mining play is not panning out – WSJ Backed up train traffic cancels Bismarck parade – Bismarck Tribune Horace, the richest town in North Dakota – Fargo Forum Alibaba IPO will end enchantment with Yahoo stock – WSJ By one measure, millennials are out-reading older Americans – Quartz The most affluent town in each state – Business Insider Coast Guard: Great Lakes unprepared for oil spill – Detroit Free Press Are startups moving to mid-sized cities? – CityLab
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.