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MN College Grads Have 3rd-Highest Debt in Nation

Minnesota ranked high among the nation’s states in terms of both average debt load carried by recent college graduates and percentage of recent grads with debt.

MN 13th for Taxes Collected, 15th for Spending Per Capita

Minnesota’s state and local governments collected $4,587 per person in taxes in 2010—and spent $8,848.

Buffalo Wild Wings Debuts in ND’s Booming Oil Region

Buffalo Wild Wings isn’t the first Minnesota company expanding to western North Dakota, where oil production has spiked in recent years.

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MN Reports Highest No. of Q2 Job Vacancies Since Pre-Recession

More than half of the openings are in the Twin Cities, and nearly two-thirds are at mid-sized companies—those with 10 to 249 employees.

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A CSI-Clean Hotel Room at Best Western

Cleaning tools of the future are coming soon to a Best Western near you.

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7 Trends in IT Outsourcing

Which tasks are corporate IT departments hiring out and which are they keeping in-house?

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Northwest Packaging: The Last Manufacturer on University Avenue

As the avenue transforms into a transit corridor, Northwest Packaging is staying put

The Social Lights: Marketing to Millennials

Could reaching them be as simple as mastering social media?

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Study: Mpls., Medtronic Score High With Millennials

Minneapolis and Medtronic are among the “best Gen Y cities” and the “best Gen Y employers,” respectively, partly due to high median salaries earned by those between the ages of 20 and 30.

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Aging Seniors Optimistic But Financially Unprepared

A new report by UnitedHealthcare found that most seniors expect their quality of life to remain consistent or improve during the coming decade—but many are financially unprepared.

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