Anytime Fitness, LLC, recently made its debut in the Middle East. The first of several planned club locations in the state of Qatar opened Sunday, the Hastings-based fitness chain said
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At least four local office towers were sold in December in transactions totaling about $184 million, the Star Tribune recently reported, citing Hennepin County records. Those just-closed deals involved: Two
Granite City Food & Brewery, Ltd., recently announced that it has completed its purchase of the assets of four Cadillac Ranch All American Bar & Grill restaurants. The St. Louis
Masu Sushi & Robata, a relatively new player in the Twin Cities dining scene, has plans to open a second location-in the Mall of America. Mpls.St.Paul magazine reports that Masu
The Metropolitan Council will spend $1.2 million on a marketing campaign that will attempt to lure customers to struggling businesses along the Central Corridor light-rail line, according to a Star
An extended unemployment benefits program will be phased out in Minnesota because the state's average unemployment rate during the past three months fell below 6.5 percent, the Minnesota Department of
As the temperature decreases, those who live or work in downtown Minneapolis have a new skyway to help protect them from the cold weather. Los Angeles-based commercial real estate firm
It was 2006 when Ford Motor Company announced that it would shutter its St. Paul plant-but many of the plant's workers were slow to prepare for layoffs and begin the
Each year, Twin Cities Business tells the stories of successful small businesses in Minnesota. This year, the 10 featured businesses-each of which has 500 employees or fewer-span many industries. The
Can David Weinstein's Rye succeed where so many other Twin Cities delicatessens have failed?
Minneapolis design agency, Knock, wins an international design award for its shoebox.
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Murray Hill, New Jersey-based C.R. Bard, Inc., said Tuesday that it has acquired Maple Grove-based med-tech start-up Lutonix, Inc. for $225 million. Lutonix developed a drug-coated balloon that can be
MakeMusic, Inc., an Eden Prairie-based music software company, announced Tuesday that is had signed an agreement to acquire Garritan Corporation. The terms of the deal, which is expected to close
Minnesota's economy is expected to improve in 2012, the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis said in an outlook report released Tuesday. The Minneapolis Fed predicts faster-than-average employment growth of
Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp on Wednesday announced that its Elan Financial Services unit has acquired the credit card assets of 28 financial institutions. The assets-which include about $700 million in outstanding