The City of Minneapolis, amid a struggling economy and diminishing state aid, has been awarded top credit ratings from three rating services. Standard and Poor's rating service awarded the city

Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp has been sued by Omaha, Nebraska-based insurance company Woodmen of the World over $47 million that it lost from investments made by a trust controlled by the

The angel investor tax credit spurred $28 million in funding for 67 Minnesota companies in 2010-and those 67 companies collectively created 47 jobs last year, according to a report that

General Mills attempted to bring the luck of the Irish to Wall Street executives on Thursday morning. Lucky the Leprechaun, the well-known figure that appears on boxes of the company's

Golden Valley-based restaurant operator Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc., has landed on a list of the 10 fastest-growing restaurant chains after posting a 14 percent increase in its 2010 sales. According

Four Minnesota companies-Richfield-based Best Buy, Inc., St. Paul-based Ecolab, Inc., Golden Valley-based General Mills, Inc., and Minneapolis-based Target Corporation-are on the 2011 "World's Most Ethical Companies" list published by New

Minnesota's unemployment rate remained steady in February as employers added 1,300 jobs during the month, according to figures released Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).

The State of Minnesota, through the Department of Human Services (DHS), has agreed to pay a $7.25 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit filed by ACS State and Local Solutions,

NxThera, a St. Paul-based medical technology start-up, announced Wednesday that it has raised $12.6 million in a recent round of financing. The company, which is developing a technology to reduce

Recently departed MoneyGram International, Inc., has been asked by several entities to provide documents related to its fraud protection programs, transactions, and consumer complaints. According to a Wednesday regulatory filing,

St. Jude Medical, Inc., Chairman and CEO Daniel Starks was detained in India on Wednesday after a single ammunition shell was found in his baggage at the New Delhi airport.

3M Company on Tuesday announced that Patrick Campbell, the company's chief financial officer (CFO), will retire on May 1. David Meline-who currently serves as vice president, corporate comptroller, and chief

Communications Systems, Inc., (CSI) said Monday that its CEO and president will retire in May. Jeffrey Berg's last day will be May 19, the same day as the company's annual

Golden Valley-based General Mills, Inc., has been named one of the top 10 companies for female executives. The National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) on Tuesday released an unranked listing

The state of Minnesota will get a yet-to-be-determined portion of a $68.5 million settlement that was reached with pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals. The settlement, which was filed last week in

Minnesota exported $4.6 billion in manufactured products during the fourth quarter of 2010-setting a new quarterly record-according to data released Tuesday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development

Another Minnesotan who was charged in connection with an alleged $10 million bank fraud scheme entered a not-guilty plea on Tuesday. Olugenya Temidayo Adeniran, 35, of Maple Grove joins five