Profits grew 18 percent in the fourth quarter and 20 percent for the full year, thanks to a boost in club membership, strong sales in clubs open for at least 13 months, and a boost in sales of the company’s ancillary services.
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The order is in response to a request from Attorney General Lori Swanson’s office, which sought to bar Renewable Energy SD from selling its turbines while a lawsuit that Swanson filed against the company proceeds through the system.
Starting this spring, the university will offer free online courses available to anyone in the world; it joins a growing number of universities across the nation that are offering such courses.
Analysts have cited signs of a strengthening Best Buy, and their improved ratings helped the company continue its 2013 stock climb.
The company allegedly denied people with criminal records job interviews even when the crime was old, expunged, or irrelevant to the job they were applying for.
Google is investing an undisclosed sum to support events that fuel entrepreneurship in Minnesota; a company official said the partnership with local “co-working” firm CoCo is the first of its kind.
The American Federation of Musicians, which represents musicians in negotiating agreements covering the use of electronic media, claims that the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra has “repeatedly refused” to provide information that it reportedly wants in order to make specific performances available online.
The retailer will match the prices of all local retail competitors and 19 major online competitors, a move it says will end the practice of “showrooming.”
Minnesota’s electric utilities have dramatically reduced mercury emissions and are ahead of schedule to meet reduction goals laid out in 2006.
A U.S. Department of Energy test exposed solar panels made by six manufacturers to high humidity and extreme temperatures and found that those made in a plant on Minnesota’s Iron Range are the most durable.
The company, which also reiterated its earnings guidance and expects strong international growth for the current fiscal year, saw its stock rise almost 2 percent following its announcement.
Sales also declined in the cardiac rhythm disease management and spinal products businesses, two of the company’s largest and highest-margin segments.
Cirrus Aircraft is one of several companies that is boosting headcount in Duluth.
The design-build contract for the St. Paul stadium will be executed in two parts; Ryan will receive $1.72 million for the design portion, which was finalized Tuesday.
The University of Minnesota study found that production of key global crops is likely to increase 38-67 percent by 2050 while the estimated need for those crops will increase by 60-110 percent in that period.
Graves 601 and Le Méridien Chambers compete for business travel supremacy and avant-garde honors in Minneapolis.