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The Speed of Sound

The Speed of Sound

Minnesota's hearing aid industry cluster is innovating fast—despite the fact that few people actually want to buy what it makes.
Green and the Bottom Line

Green and the Bottom Line

Everybody is an environmentalist these days, or so it seems. According to the brochures, the product labels, and the corporate spokespeople, every company in America is a devoted friend of
2020 Foresight

2020 Foresight

State Demographer Tom Gillaspy says Minnesota will have a major labor shortage 10 years from now. Only productivity gains will save the state's economy.

Fire, Brimstone, and Lemon Ricotta Pancakes

Half of Damn Good Food, the new book from restaurateur-chef Mitch Omer, is an account of his journey through drug addiction and bipolar disorder. Long before opening Hell’s Kitchen in

Transcendence in a Loaf Pan

Ask Public Radio’s Lynne Rossetto Kasper about meatloaf, and the Splendid Table host will tell you that it’s “a testament to what an ingenious cook can do with next to
Chefs on Wheels

Chefs on Wheels

Two Twin Cities entrepreneurs have plans to change the definition of "convenience foods."
The Woman Behind Ecumen

The Woman Behind Ecumen

Having shepherded the Minnesota Zoo and helped to save the Twins, Kathryn Roberts now leads the former Lutheran Board of Social Ministry into a new age of senior-living management.
The 38-Year-Old Start-Up

The 38-Year-Old Start-Up

A big customer pulls back. Revenues fall. Manufacturing capabilities fall short. Retool the plant? Winland Electronics changed everything.
Thomson Reuters’ Brain

Thomson Reuters’ Brain

The Eagan business that was once West Publishing now supplies its parent company with the intellectual firepower to outmaneuver Bloomberg and LexisNexis.