Wells Fargo & Company on Tuesday said that it is set to hire 90 new employees in the Twin Cities. The company is searching for mortgage underwriters, loan processors, and
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Richfield-based Best Buy Company, Inc., is looking to hire 200 information technology (IT) specialists over the next year-a move to take control of its IT department, which has been largely
Bill Gates, through his investment firm, Cascade Investment, bought 3.9 million shares in Ecolab, Inc., this week, according to a report by the Star Tribune. This latest investment makes Gates
It's no doubt that when Eric Kaler took the helm as president of the University of Minnesota in July, he entered the role at an interesting time. He faces a
Google, Inc., will host a two-day event titled "Minnesota Get Your Business Online" early next month-through which the state's businesses can receive a free Web site, among other services. The
Imation Corporation made another acquisition this week in its effort to shift its focus to data storage technology. The Oakdale-based company announced Monday that it has acquired the multi-tiered storage
The former owner and president of a local insurance services firm was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly three-and-a-half years in prison for stealing roughly $1.8 million through his company, Minnesota's
Edina-based Lund Food Holdings, Inc., will break ground on its new downtown Minneapolis grocery and liquor stores on Thursday at noon. The company said that the groundbreaking ceremony will feature
The CEO of Eden Prairie-based MTS Systems Corporation-Laura Hamilton-resigned on Thursday while the company continues to wrestle with legal problems. Hamilton, who had been CEO since 2008, left by "mutual
Yet another of the many steps involved in building a $20 million brewery has been taken. Brooklyn Center-based Surly Brewing Company on Monday announced that it has hired the Tegra
Following reports of a salmonella outbreak earlier this month, Cargill, Inc., voluntarily recalled 36 million pounds of ground turkey from its Springdale, Arkansas plant. It reportedly addressed sanitary concerns and
Richard Sand, a 59-year-old man from White Bear Township, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for one count of aiding and abetting wire fraud and one count of aiding
There's a new leader at Xcel Energy, Inc., Minnesota's largest power company and the number-one provider of wind power in the United States. Ben Fowke took over as chairman, president,
The joint venture that was in charge of the Hiawatha light-rail transit project has agreed to pay the federal government $4.6 million to resolve accusations that it falsely claimed to
When people discuss the Minnesota State Fair, the first thing that comes to mind is often deep-fried food on a stick-not dollars and cents. But a recent report by Finance
Bloomington-based accounting firm McGladrey & Pullen, LLP will buy back its former subsidiary, RSM McGladrey, for approximately $610 million. RSM is currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kansas City-based H&R Block,
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak on Wednesday signed off on a new city ordinance that allows breweries to sell pints of beer on their premises-prompting some speculation that the city could
Eden Prairie-based biopharmaceutical company SurModics, Inc., on Tuesday announced plans to reduce its work force by 9 percent-and Chief Financial Officer Philip D. Ankeny is among those who will be