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The company, which is focused on developing a cancer vaccine, has completed its Chapter 11 reorganization and has appointed Carlos Santos as its new CEO.
Mayor Chris Coleman released a video in which he tells the public that he is open to suggestions for upcoming budget decisions.
The Minneapolis-based company, which raised more than $200 million prior to the recession, said it will use the new funding to help finance clinical trials.
Unseasonable weather hurt CHS’ earnings, causing a smaller 2012 harvest and delayed planting this spring.
A Minneapolis city committee approved the concept behind a massive development project; meanwhile, Wells Fargo publicly confirmed its interest in occupying planned office towers.
Prime Therapeutics, which added 443 jobs locally in the past year, recently announced its next location for significant job growth: Irving, Texas. The Eagan-based company plans to add 200 new positions there.
The receiver in the Tom Petters case is reportedly seeking $2 million from Crown Bank related to proceeds from two of Petters’ properties. Meanwhile, Petters’ attorney argued again that Petters’ 50-year sentence should be reduced.
Uroplasty, which delayed filing its annual financial report last month due to possible issues regarding how it paid employees, has been given 60 days to explain how it will regain compliance with Nasdaq requirements.
The employer-shared responsibility provision in the health care reform law requires large employers to meet specific standards in order to avoid penalties. Now they have an extra year to comply.
Minnesota schools are joining the movement to boost financial literacy across the state, focusing on education and outreach from grade school children to senior citizens.
Both Mayo and Rochester will become increasingly dependent upon those neighboring communities to provide good places for people to live and educate children.
Having already established itself as one of the top turnaround stocks of the year, Best Buy’s shares rose again on Monday after an analyst at Credit Suisse raised the company’s target price.
Urologix paid Medtronic $2 million of the $7.5 million it owes for the licensing of a Medtronic, delaying payment for the remainder of the sum.
While Select Comfort's stock price remains lower than it was six months ago, it has recently been on a consistent climb, and analysts see additional growth potential.
Compared with last year, seven percent more legal, public relations and engineering firms and accounting consultants are confident in a stable or improved revenue.
Edina-based Moquist Thorvilson Kaufmann will become part of BDO USA, a significantly larger national firm with which it has maintained a relationship for several years.
The food titan’s earnings totaled $336 million in its fourth quarter, while revenue totaled $4.41 billion, up 8 percent from the same period in 2012.