Qwest and CenturyLink have received support from two major unions, marking the next step toward completing their proposed transaction.

Apartment vacancy in the Twin Cities metro area reached a two-year low of 4.2 percent in the third quarter, according to a report by GVA Marquette Advisors.

Calhoun Area Residents Action Group voted against the development of a one-story, retail-only building, saying that the development needs to be a mixed-use building.

This is the second company that 3M has invested in this month; it has also completed two other acquisitions and announced the purchase of a tape business segment in October.

The City of Minneapolis has agreed to sell a parcel of land in the Mill District and issue up to $16.5 million in tax-exempt revenue bonds to help pay for the development of a new headquarters building on that land.

Commuters in Minneapolis pay up to $19.33 per day to park, while those in St. Paul pay up to $18.00-both prices were under the average of $20.06 per day in the United States and Canada.

Minnesota added 3,100 jobs during the month, outpacing all other states, but it has far fewer construction jobs than last year: 85,100, down from 91,100 in September 2009.

The settlement is the second-largest civil penalty ever received by the Federal Trade Commission in a debt collection case.

Beginning November 18, the St. Paul-based newspaper will assume the local advertising sales, production, and distribution for the satirical weekly and its sister publication, the A.V. Club.

The Eden Prairie-based company received a $67 million contract to produce components for a missile warning system and a $10 million order to deliver non-standard ammunition to Afghanistan.