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Wausau Paper to Sell Brainerd Mill, at Odds With Investor

The future of the 171 employees at the mill remains uncertain as the company looks for potential buyers as part of its plans to divest its specialty paper business; meanwhile its largest investor, Starboard LP, is unhappy with how the decision to divest was made.

New MN Business Filings Up 17.6% in 2012

The 60,827 new filings within the state represented the second-highest annual total in Minnesota’s history; the record was set in 2009, but that spike was partly attributed to a change in filing practices.