The bank donated the time of one of its iPhone app designers to create the app, which aims to help The Salvation Army meet its goal of filling 120,000 one-hour time slots at 400 locations across the Twin Cities.
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Among Minnesota’s 20 casinos and card clubs, 14 now serve alcoholic beverages; the positions that will be created by Mystic Lake’s entry into this arena range from bartenders and banquet servers to cooks.
The retailer, which has announced plans to open 10 new U.S. stores next year, said it will close four existing locations “after careful consideration of the financial performance” of each of them.
The Plymouth-based travel agency operator said that the acquisition will add about $850 million in total sales volume to its bottom line.
Local companies have pledged monetary support to the American Red Cross and other charities, but they have also offered other types of aid, including truckloads of food, paid vacation to employees dedicated to providing relief, and matching employee contributions; total donations exceed $1.25 million in value.
Eighteen of the new restaurants will be in California, and a single new location will open in the cities of Lansing, Michigan; Independence, Missouri; and Yakima, Washington.
Lori Walker has been with the paint and coatings manufacturer for 12 years and assumed her current position in 2008.
Hundreds of lawyers and poll watchers are reportedly stationed throughout the state this election day; meanwhile, some voters have encountered long lines, and the state’s business leaders await the outcome of the election and its impact on their companies.
The economic development group said that by the end of 2012, its efforts will have helped create or retain 4,000 Twin Cities jobs.
Unpaid creditors of Mervyn’s reportedly sued more than 30 entities connected with its 2004 sale, including Target Corporation; they accused the entities of stripping out the now-defunct retailer’s valuable real estate assets to fund the purchase.
Summit Brewing Company, having reached brewing capacity, has sped up plans for its $6 million expansion; meanwhile, Duluth-based Fitger’s Brewhouse has reportedly scrapped its plans for a Minneapolis brewpub.
The layoffs are the latest in a series of job cuts this year, and they will occur at stores in New England states.
The company revealed in regulatory filings that Thomas Oland disagreed with its board’s decision to consider external candidates while searching for the next CEO.
The magazine received the premier award—along with six gold awards, four silver awards, and five bronze awards—at the Minnesota Magazine & Publishing Association’s 2012 awards event, which recognizes excellence in publishing.
As part of a reorganization plan that the company expects will help cut costs, St. Jude will reduce its global work force by approximately 5 percent—in addition to the 300 jobs it eliminated in August.
The awards honor those who play a significant role in discovering new technologies that educate and improve the lives and futures of people living in Minnesota and all over the world.