The new notification service can track marathoners and provide real-time progress updates to friends and family via text message.
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The company also will reportedly loosen return policies, increase advertising to smartphone users, and expand its Geek Squad technical support to nab sales from Amazon.com during the upcoming holiday season.
Best Buy will sell Amazon's Kindle Fire, a new tablet that will cost $199 and is expected to compete with Apple's popular iPad device.
The National Labor Relations Board dismissed all four complaints filed by the union that represents workers who were locked out last month by American Crystal Sugar Company.
Joseph Traxler of Centennial Mortgage and Funding, Inc., allegedly used funds intended for mortgage loans to cover Centennial's operating losses and to fund its payroll and other expenses.
An investment of $1,000 in what is being called "the state's first community-supported brewpub" can reportedly secure a lifetime supply of free beer.
Plato's $471 million bid for Renaissance Learning is the highest offer on the table, but Renaissance's board of directors is recommending that shareholders approve a $455 million buyout offer from global equity firm Permira Funds.
Cherokee, Inc., a Van Nuys, California-based fashion and lifestyle brand, on Tuesday announced plans to open a new marketing office in Minneapolis, which will be led by two Target Corporation
Target Corporation has added to its real estate holdings in the heart of downtown Minneapolis.The Minneapolis-based retailer recently bought three parcels at 10th Street and Nicollet Mall, just across from
Emmy award-winning journalist Connie Chung will be the keynote speaker at an annual event that supports women's economic prosperity programs.The 2011 WomenVenture Annual Event will take place October 14 at
The 15-year-old organization will cease operations at the end of this year; its executive director, Joel Akason, will become a full-time employee of recently formed regional economic development organization Greater MSP.
The city said that it was recognized for its excellent planning policies, high level of staff commitment to pedestrian safety, and pedestrian campaigns and events.
Renaissance Learning's board of directors will consider Plato's $15.50-per-share buyout offer but is currently recommending that shareholders vote in favor of an offer from Permira Funds, which was recently increased to match Plato's bid.
The state's departments of Commerce, Public Safety, and Natural Resources allegedly violated age discrimination laws by offering incentives such as health and dental benefits to workers who retired at 55-but not to older workers.
The addition gives the 3D-printer manufacturer the potential to double its production capacity and make up to 10,000 units per year.
The airline's "Everyone-Must-Go Sale," which goes through Tuesday, features discounted fall fares to more than a dozen locations.
Alfred KŠrcher GmbH & Company has sued Tennant Company over claims made about its ec-H2O cleaning technology, but Tennant President and CEO Chris Killingstad called the accusations "baseless" and said his company will vigorously defend itself, its technology, and its advertising.
An industry survey found that the average ATM fee in the Twin Cities is the second lowest in the country and that the average overdraft fee is the fourth lowest.