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To: Mark W. Olson, Chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board established by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Christopher Cox, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Win Wallin, former Medtronic
Are you making progress or just spinning your wheels?
In France, a two-hour lunch is more the norm than the exception—not the image that Chez Colette at Hotel Sofitel in Bloomington wants to project to the time-starved inhabitants of
To: Umberto Paolucci, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ente Nazionale Italiano per il Turismo Dear Mr. Paolucci: Summer is the time for extended family vacations. I would like
Ten ways to improve your "followship."
Ira Gershwin’s timeless lyrics say that it’s “summertime and the livin’ is easy,” but those moments seem hard to come by between sports leagues, vacations frantically fit in, yard work,
Dear Educators: Judy Schaubach, President, Education Minnesota; Dennis Halvorses, President Minnesota School Boards Association; Chris Hazelton, President Minnesota Association of Charter Schools; James B. Field, President, Minnesota Independed School Forum
Are highly paid executives creating real value?
Colorful plastic-film sleeves cover steel shafts on golf clubs.
Brian Trachsel couldn’t enjoy his favorite pastime of golf three years ago, because picking up grass to throw and determine the wind’s direction was painful after a knee surgery. That’s
Where do the Twin Cities’ top toques go to eat after a day in a hot kitchen? In the waning hours of any given evening, you’ll likely find several of
To: Hugh Andrews, President and CEO, Andrews McMeel Publishing, Kansas City, Missouri; Mike Brown, Vice President of Sales, Brown Trout Publishers, El Segundo, California; Walter Weintz, CEO, Workman Publishing, New
Who's really paying for SOX compliance?
A frustrating incongruity of my advancing age is that, despite my waistline’s ceaseless expansion, my appetite is undergoing a definite contraction. Long gone are the days when a 24-ounce steak
To: Robert Bruininks, University of Minnesota President For those of us who have lived within sight of the University of Minnesota, or who crossed the bridge between West and
Local business people—who are avid golfers—share some of their favorite courses in Minnesota and elsewhere.