Ecolab and Target are among the 41 companies that were added to the index this year, while UnitedHealth Group, 3M, and Medtronic are making repeat appearances.
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The company, founded by a former Best Buy executive, developed a mobile application platform that allows people to receive updates about their loved ones in real time from daycare providers, hospitals, and care facilities.
Hubert Joly doesn’t think that there are a lot of consumers who visit Best Buy stores only to view products and then buy them online at lower prices.
Best Buy’s new CEO Hubert Joly has outlined some initial plans but said his blueprint for turning the business around will come in several installments; meanwhile, some analysts think he could remain in the top spot even if a private takeover were to occur.
CEO Joel Waller said that the company’s second-quarter financial results “marked improvement in our business, demonstrating that our strategic initiatives are taking hold.”
The six division winners, who have already secured cash prizes, will make their final business pitches before a grand-prize review board next month—and the grand-prize winner will receive another $40,000.
The start-up developed a Yelp-like website and smartphone application aimed at sustaining black-owned businesses and decreasing the unemployment rate within the black community.
The founders of Anytime Fitness have grown their brand to become the world’s fastest-growing fitness clubs.
Finalists will compete first for their respective division title and a cash prize; division winners will then vie for the Minnesota Cup, which comes with a $40,000 grand prize.
Surly sought applicants “with a strong local presence”—and it has chosen Minneapolis-based HGA Architects for its brewery project.
The new stores will be built in an area of western North Dakota where population growth is occurring thanks to booming oil production.
Business leaders from across Minnesota in late June expressed a 30 percent drop in overall optimism about business conditions here, according to Twin Cities Business’ most recent quarterly economic indicator survey. While 33
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This year's winners from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas.
The Minnetonka-based restaurant chain opened its first Canadian location Monday in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as part of a plan to add more than 200 new restaurants in North America.
The retailer said that the offer wasn’t in the best interest of its stockholders and adopted a measure to discourage a hostile takeover.
The short list of possible sites for the brewery include two in Minneapolis, one in Brooklyn Center, and a fourth in an unnamed “inner suburban” location.