The deal has been under scrutiny from federal regulators due to antitrust concerns, and Ecolab said that it continues to have “productive discussions” with the U.S. Department of Justice.
Archive of: April 2013
Governor Dayton chose DFL attorney David Lillehaug to replace Justice Paul Anderson on the Minnesota Supreme Court.
In an attempt to meet the increasing demand for faster Internet, Comcast will boost the speeds on three of its plans starting Tuesday.
A study performed by IBM compares Minnesota’s efficiency in the areas of human resources, finance, payroll, and procurement to the performance of leading private- and public-sector organizations.
The company, which is much smaller after having just divested five grocery chains, is eliminating about 22 percent of its Minnesota office jobs.
The Senate voted last week to repeal the tax, which is expected to cost Medtronic up to $175 million annually, but there are major hurdles yet to overcome and the company acknowledged that a repeal would be “an uphill battle.”
After dropping its frozen pizza manufacturing sector, Austin Packaging will reportedly cut 125 employees from its staff of 250.
Two Minnesota lawmakers are among those examining the possibility of establishing “a new organization to host a world‐class chamber orchestra in St. Paul.”
Fairview Health Services is in discussions about being taken over by South Dakota-based Sanford Health; Attorney General Lori Swanson has concerns and is holding public hearings on the issue.
Best Buy founder Richard Schulze, who did not submit a takeover bid prior to a recently passed deadline, has been named chairman emeritus; former executives Brad Anderson and Al Lenzmeier, meanwhile, have joined Best Buy’s board.
Entrepreneurs seeking exposure and a share of $200,000 in start-up capital have until May 17 to submit their proposals.
Businessman Maury Rosenberg, who won a $6.1 million jury award, claims that U.S. Bank is using involuntary bankruptcy as a collection tool, which is illegal; the bank, meanwhile, claims it hasn’t done anything wrong and is appropriately pursuing a litigious businessman who owes money.
Primebar was the latest in a series of restaurants that came and went at the prominent Calhoun Square space that it occupied; previous tenants were Parasole’s Il Gatto, and Figlio.
At Children’s Theatre Company
At Mixed Blood Theatre
Making age-appropriate arrangements.
The largest local film festival of the year brings to the Twin Cities hundreds of feature films, documentaries, and shorts from all over the world. A focus is films about
The Twin Cities has a long and rich history as a railroad center. For roughly a century it was home base to railroads as diverse as James J. Hill’s vast