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Sun Country Gets Travelers Through Groupon

Sun Country Airlines teamed with Groupon Wednesday to offer cheap flights through the popular discount Web site-and the deal was snatched up quickly. Specifically, Groupon and Mendota Heights-based Sun Country

Trademark Disputes Hit Local Nonprofits

Last year, Minneapolis-based nonprofit Project Legos, Inc., was forced to change its name to Project Footsteps, Inc., after a trademark infringement lawsuit was brought against it by The Lego Group,

3M Invests in German E-Reading Company

3M Company said Wednesday that it has invested an undisclosed sum in a German e-reading company. The company, Berlin-based Txtr GmbH, is a business-to-business company that has a platform through

MN Lawyer Gets 18 Mos. for Tax Evasion

A Minnesota attorney was sentenced on Thursday to 18 months in prison for one count of tax evasion, according to Minnesota's U.S. Attorney's Office. Between 2004 and 2006, Samuel Alfred

Xcel Goes to Trial Over 5 Worker Deaths

Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy, Inc., went to trial Tuesday in Denver in connection with the 2007 deaths of five workers at a Colorado hydroelectric plant. The trial marks a rare instance

Mpls. Leads U.S. in Plummeting Home Prices

Home prices throughout the United States continued their downward spiral in March, according to a Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller survey released on Tuesday. Nineteen of the 20 cities included in the

Reports: IBM Cutting Jobs, Some in Rochester

Alliance@IBM, a union representing IBM employees, recently reported that the technology giant is reducing its work force across the country-including at its systems and technology group in Rochester-as it gears