The Toro Company announced Monday that it bought Lawn Solutions Commercial Products, Inc.-which manufactures turf renovation equipment for the landscape, rental, municipal, and golf markets. Louisville, Kentucky-based Lawn Solutions makes

Winnipeg, Manitoba-based Artis Real Estate Investment Trust on Thursday announced $84.4 million worth of new acquisitions-including the Plymouth Corporate Campus, for which it has agreed to pay $5.8 million. The

Lawson Software, Inc., revealed in a recent regulatory filing that it is settling several lawsuits filed by shareholders in connection with the company's planned acquisition, which it expects to close

The leader of a local nonprofit consortium was arrested Thursday in Minneapolis and charged with six felony tax charges. Richard Carter McComb is CEO of Life Link III-which comprises nine

In order to settle charges alleging unfair labor practices, Minneapolis-based Regis Corporation is required to post notices informing its employees that they are allowed under law to join a union-and

Target Corporation suffered a setback Thursday in a trademark battle with a Canadian company that owns 15 Target Apparel stores north of U.S. borders. As part of the ongoing legal

United Kingdom-based private equity firm Porton Capital and its CEO, Harvey Boulter, on Thursday denied claims made by 3M Company that they tried to extort $30 million from 3M to

The U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Wednesday announced that two people from Latvia have been indicted in connection to a "scareware" scheme-which involved

Three local men were charged Wednesday in a $1.9 million check-kiting scheme that allegedly led to the closure of St. Paul-based Pinehurst Bank. Two of the men-John Anthony Markert, 57,

Two Minnesotans and two Wisconsin residents face racketeering charges in a complex multimillion-dollar mortgage scam-one that Hennepin County Attorney Michael Freeman said is part of "the second wave" in mortgage

As the state prepares for a looming government shutdown on July 1, Governor Mark Dayton and two Republican legislative leaders will reportedly make a last-minute attempt to make progress toward

Do you have a great idea for addressing the pressing issues surrounding Minnesota's water supply? If so, the Minnesota Idea Open has $15,000 to help you make that idea a

Nearly 1,000 Fortune 500 executives, business school leaders, and future MBA students will convene in Minneapolis on Sunday-and Target Corporation will use the opportunity to network and scope out talent.

It may be a buyers' residential housing market-but a recent home sale in Minnetrista proves that even the most hard-to-sell properties have a chance. A foam and burlap house that

About a week after Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (UHG), lost in an effort to regain a five-year $23.5 billion U.S. Department of Defense contract, it filed a lawsuit over the

Wayzata-based Cargill, Inc.'s investment subsidiary-CarVal Investors-will reportedly launch its first Japan real estate fund in a few months to raise about $500 million to invest in distressed assets. According to

Brooklyn Park-based Egan Company announced Tuesday that it has acquired Minneapolis-based Industrial Electric Company. Terms of the deal, which closed on June 17, were not disclosed. Industrial Electric Company is

Fridley-based Medtronic, Inc., recently received a letter from two U.S. senators requesting information about the use of the company's Infuse bone-growth product and payments it made to clinical investigators. Senators