February's unemployment rate of 6.7 percent matched January's rate-which was the lowest rate since December 2008.

The state has reached a settlement with ACS, a company that sued the state after being fired from a failed health care software program called HealthMatch.

The company, which is developing a technology to reduce the tissue volume that causes enlarged prostates, will use the money to fund clinical trials.

The company-which recently moved its headquarters to Dallas-has been asked to provide documents about fraudulent transactions and consumer complaints.

Daniel Starks was traveling for business when an ammunition shell was found in his baggage at the New Delhi airport; an Indian newspaper reported that he was arrested and spent one day in custody.

David Meline will succeed Patrick Campbell as chief financial officer.

Jeffrey Berg will succeeded by William Schultz, who has served as the company's executive vice president of operations since May 2010.

A greater number of women in high executive positions, coupled with efforts to help them advance, placed General Mills among the top 10 companies for female executives.

Minnesota will split a $68.5 million settlement from pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals with 36 other states and Washington, D.C.

Gains in computers and electronics, as well as the machinery sector, drove Minnesota's fourth-quarter manufacturing exports to record levels.

Olugenya Temidayo Adeniran of Maple Grove, who is now in jail, stands accused of obtaining cash and purchasing merchandise totaling more than $300,000 from the Mall of America and Southdale Mall using fraudulent credit cards.

The 240 employees that were fired as a result of the audit represent more than half of Harvard Maintenance's local work force.

Of 12 defendants named in a federal indictment unsealed last week, all 11 who have made court appearances-including the five locals who appeared Monday-have pleaded not guilty.

Meredian is accused of defrauding Minnesotans out of "hundreds of thousands of dollars" by charging fees for mortgage refinancing services that were never performed.

Governor Mark Dayton says that the tax would level the playing field between Minnesota's brick-and-mortar businesses and out-of-state retailers providing the same taxable products-but a trade organization argues that such a tax would ultimately result in a net loss to the state.

Christi Rowan-who is reported to be the new wife of fallen auto mogul Denny Hecker-requested probation but will spend 14 months behind bars for two fraud charges.