Discussions regarding an improving mergers and acquisitions market have been percolating for some time, but a couple of local firms that perform services related to the buying and selling of
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An in-car glucose monitoring system may soon be available to those with diabetes through a collaboration between Fridley-based Medtronic, Inc., and Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford Motor Company. The two companies announced
Minnesota's unemployment rate slid 0.1 percent to 6.5 percent in April, despite the fact that it lost 5,200 jobs during the month, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
SPS Commerce said Wednesday that it paid $10.9 million in an all-cash deal to acquire Direct EDI-a San Diego-based provider of cloud-based integration solutions. The acquisition is Minneapolis-based SPS Commerce's
Minnetonka-based Medica has been selected by the University of Minnesota to be its sole health plan administrator. Medica, which has provided one of the university's health plan options since 2006,
Officials at the University of Minnesota Law School are bracing for the possibility that the school could lose its state funding, which would make it one of just a few
Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank is expanding its partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and will now automate payments to the military's "non-temporary storage" providers-a move that could save nearly
After months of speculation and negotiations, General Mills, Inc., has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 51 percent controlling interest in well-known yogurt maker Yoplait. The Golden Valley-based food
Mountain View, California-based Google, Inc., recently released data showing that the Internet giant generated $1 billion in economic activity in Minnesota last year. According to the data, Google's search and
How do you get people to open a checking account? Pay them $100. TCF Financial Corporation is betting on that equation. The Wayzata-based company said Monday that it's offering the
After 43 years with the company and its predecessors, including the last six as CEO, Richard C. Kelly has announced his intention to leave Xcel Energy, Inc., this summer. Benjamin
Two years after Target Corporation shareholders rejected his proposal to shake up the company's board, hedge fund manager William Ackman has sold all shares owned by his company. New York-based
Maplewood-based 3M Company has promoted Inge G. Thulin to the newly created position of executive vice president and chief operating officer (COO)-a move that's believed to indicate that he's in
As debate continues around the construction of a new Minnesota Vikings stadium, it appears that some of the Twin Cities' influential business leaders are serious about joining the conversation-serious enough
The company that created and produces the Food Network's Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives-Plymouth-based Page Productions-is taking the network to court after it allegedly failed to meet contractual obligations. According to
Delta Air Lines on Monday announced a star-studded lineup of new eateries that will be added as part of larger improvements taking place at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. In
New Brighton-based IT management solutions provider Shavlik Technologies, LLC, has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Palo Alto, California-based VMware, Inc. Terms of the agreement, which is subject
A group that opposes public funding for a new Vikings stadium claims to have found a way to let the people decide whether to impose a tax to collect money