Tonka Beer is the latest in a line of local brews to eschew profits.
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The retail giant has already begun hiring seasonal workers at distribution centers and intends to begin hiring temporary store workers next month.
The Bloomington-based glass products maker beat quarterly earnings and revenue estimates, prompting it to raise its full-year outlook.
Ecolab CEO Doug Baker said that the company is in need of additional leadership support after its $8.3 billion acquisition last year of Nalco Holding Company.
However, there is a silver lining: The state has added 24,500 jobs in the past year, representing a growth rate of 0.9 percent—and Minnesota’s unemployment rate still remains well below the national rate, which was 8.1 percent last month.
George Wintz, who in April was found guilty of two counts of bank fraud and one count of theft from an employee benefit plan, was sentenced for his role in a “check-kiting” scheme.
The company will break ground next week on a 144,000-square-foot expansion and expects to complete it by late summer 2013.
Marilyn Carlson Nelson and Barbara Carlson Gage climbed the furthest on this year’s list, while Stanley Hubbard and Glen Taylor slid in the rankings.
Some locked-out American Crystal Sugar workers appealed to North Dakota’s Supreme Court after being denied unemployment benefits; meanwhile, a Crystal Sugar executive said that replacement workers are doing a “fabulous job.”
The owner of The Wirth Companies and developer of major Minnesota projects like the Grand Lodge Hotel Waterpark in Bloomington was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison and ordered to pay $6.46 million in restitution.
This year’s finalists span 15 categories, and the winners will be revealed at an awards event on November 1 at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed; BridgePoint’s system allows doctors to navigate around a blockage of the coronary artery to restore blood flow to critical areas of the heart.
In Experian’s ranking based on the average of credit scores of residents in 143 U.S. cities, Minneapolis reclaimed the top spot after losing it in 2011 after four straight years of coming in first.
China’s Qin dynasty didn’t last long (221-210 BCE), but the First Emperor’s cultural, artistic, and spiritual legacy lives on.
They grabbed plenty of gold in London. Now’s your chance to see Gabby, Aly, Jordyn, and the rest of the gang.
Touring in support of her most recent album, Little Broken Hearts, co-written with super-producer Danger Mouse (Brian Burton), Jones’ music continues to evolve in sophisticated and unexpected directions.
Why the eager and invested will lap the shrewd and savvy every time.
Troy Venjohn, who will now serve as Atomic Playpen’s sole CEO, said co-founder Michael Kretsinger left to pursue “a number of potential opportunities” outside of the agency. Kretsinger, meanwhile, declined to disclose his reason for leaving or future plans.