Health benefits administrator TriWest formally protested the government’s decision to award a $20.5 billion military contract to UnitedHealth Group, but an independent government agency upheld the decision.
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Best Buy’s stock price jumped 10 percent Monday morning and ultimately closed up 6 percent as some sources speculated that a buyout offer is imminent; another report indicated that such an offer is still a ways off.
For every white Twin Cities resident who was unemployed in 2011, more than three blacks were unemployed, according to a recent study.
Accretive Health moved to dismiss an amended lawsuit filed last month, which accuses the company of overly-aggressive debt-collection tactics and includes sworn statements from hospital patients.
A company spokesman said that the cuts, which will be implemented “over the next several weeks,” are part of a restructuring of the grocer’s marketing team.
The company, which was accused of manipulating customers’ transactions to generate excess overdraft fees, said it has made changes to the way it handles customers’ accounts.
With Target’s stock up about 130 percent since 2009, five executives—including CEO Gregg Steinhafel—reaped millions by selling shares.
What Minnesotans are doing to put returning soldiers to work.
Many contracts have implications for your intellectual property—or for whether you'll be on the hook in somebody else's infringement suit.
Blood Sweat & Tears plays the Dakota.
The bank, which previously imposed a monthly maintenance fee for customers who didn’t meet certain requirements, has returned to an earlier policy of offering free checking to all customers.
The company says the cash and stock awards are “necessary to enable a stable CEO transition and appropriate continuity of leadership”; Best Buy’s founder, meanwhile, is reportedly attempting to take the company private.
This year’s fair will feature 40 new food items and a variety of musical acts, including Alan Jackson and Motley Crue.
Plymouth-based The Tile Shop intends to start trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market after it merges with JWC Acquisition Corporation.
The Twin Cities ranked high for education but received low marks for job growth and cost of doing business; overall, however, the metro area moved up considerably in this year’s ranking.
The retailer’s new “Hexapillar” gift card features a robotic caterpillar that becomes a butterfly that can actually fly.
The health insurer will provide a $100 annual credit to individuals who meet four health goals.
Some of the hospital system’s inpatient nursing units will grow and some will shrink as part of a “rebalancing” act that aims to ensure that each shift is at the optimal staffing level—but the reorganization is predicted to result in a net gain of 40 to 50 positions.