$200 to be a member at Best Buy? Retailer launches pilot program in Twin Cities
In return for fee, customers get more services, discounts, warranties.
Landowners file complaint against Enbridge over pipeline pledge
Enbridge denies the accusation that it hasn't been forthright with landowners over remediation of the old Line 3.
Bill and Melinda Gates announce they are getting divorced
Bill and Melinda Gates said Monday that they are divorcing but would keep working together at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the largest charitable foundations in the world.
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St. Paul Realtor group withdraws as a partner in project to expose racist covenants
Objections to the effort to expose racial covenants remain unclear.
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A-Rod's partner in buying Wolves, Lynx knows a thing or two about deals
Marc Lore's next target: the Lynx and Wolves.
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Minnesota hospitals offering more N95 masks to workers
Minnesota hospitals collectively now have about 2.8 million N95 respirators on hand, a supply that would last five months. A year ago, they had only enough to last two months, state data show.
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Alexander: How to cope if fake Google search results hurt you
Q: Google has begun showing search results for a misspelling of my business name, and some of these listings include my current phone number and…
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Business people
Moving upCoborn's, St. Cloud, named Dave Meyer chief operating officer. He will also serve as a board member. Meyer was executive vice president and has…
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Minnesota mergers and acquisitions
Target AcquirerDate Location Location Description4/18 WorldReach Software Entrust Corp. Entrust Corp., a provider of identity and access management products, hasOttawa, Ontario Shakopee acquired WorldReach Software,…
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A turnaround with help from cookie lovers, food innovator
When things hit a low point for Junita's Jar last summer, a different conversation — about social justice after Floyd's death — started to have an effect on the business.
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Harvey Mackay: Barriers and opportunity
In a research experiment, a marine biologist placed a shark into a large holding tank and then released several small bait fish into the tank.…
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Getting hiring right for your company's digital marketing effort
Q: With the ever-growing use of digital marketing, should companies hire specialists or generalists in this area?A: The answer is yes and yes. Conventional wisdom…
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Nuwellis CEO leads heart failure technology company into new sectors
Nuwellis CEO Nestor Jaramillo Jr. said nearly $21 million in new financing is helping the company expand commercialization of its novel ultrafiltration therapy system and…
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Insider trading
Apogee Enterprises INC.Gary Robert Johnson officer, treasurerShares sold: 1,181 Price: $35.79Date: April 27 Directly holds: 46,006Best Buy Co. Inc.Todd G. Hartman general counselShares sold: 1,166…
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State's top 50 public companies – with No. 1 at $242B in revenue
2019 will likely be remembered as the last full year of an economic expansion that lasted more than a decade. Next year's Star Tribune 50 is likely to look very different because of the coronavirus disruption.
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Cheerleader's case could shape workplace social media policies
A recent hearing by the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the free speech rights of students may have significant repercussions for employers and employees in Minnesota.
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Inspector general for pandemic relief funds warns of oversight breakdown
Access to information curtailed in final months of Trump administration.
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In Minnesota, fighting climate change means changing how to heat buildings
Heat pumps help large commercial, residential sites cut costs, emissions.
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Minn. employers ramp up hiring; some workers tentative
It's not necessarily easy to hire workers, even with so many people on the sidelines because of the pandemic.
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Schafer: Supply chain shows its resilience in pandemic
The case for long supply chains remains intact, so long as they are flexible and adaptable.
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Twin Cities farmers markets will bloom again in 2021
There are about 400 small farmers within 90 minutes of the Twin Cities providing food directly to consumer buying groups, retailers and farmers markets.
We've created a new destination for everything agriculture in Minnesota and around the country.
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If breaking a rule, just make sure it works
This column recently quoted Ernest Hemingway, who credited the rules he learned as a cub reporter for the Kansas City Star as "the best rules…
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Amid COVID chaos and protests, India's farmers eye record wheat crop
While India battles soaring COVID-19 infections, on the outskirts of New Delhi thousands of farmers are keeping up a monthslong sit-in protest against government legislation…
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Twin Cities produce firms say new owner left them to rot
Less than two years after a private-equity firm took over family-run distributors J&J; Distributing and H. Brooks, one has closed and the other is imperiled by legal battles and unpaid debts.
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