Minneapolis officials, who have mostly remained on the sidelines since the Vikings announced their support for an Arden Hills plan, are now re-entering stadium talks; part of the mayor's plan involves an increased sales tax.
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The state shed about 7,400 jobs in September, but Minnesota employers have added 27,700 jobs in the past year, and the unemployment rate dropped 0.3 percent.
The new economic development organization plans to roll out a marketing campaign for the region-and it has set a goal of helping the area add 100,000 jobs in the next five years, or about 25 percent more than the number of jobs expected to come through natural growth.
A new 64-page report outlines ways to reduce racial employment disparity in the Twin Cities, which reportedly has the highest such disparity among the nation's largest metro areas.
A new report from the Minneapolis Foundation shows dramatic differences between Minneapolis residents of differing races and ethnicities-disparities that begin at an early age and affect education, jobs, housing, and other aspects of life.
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 new Minnesota Angel Network says it can
deliver measurable results.
“We’re really about jobs and regionalism; the Vikings happen to be part of it.”
What Oklahoma City leaders noticed the most when they visited the Twin Cities this summer.
For companies choosing locations for factories and offices, how big a role do taxes play?
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Minnesota's official unemployment rate remained unchanged at 7.2 percent in August-in part because a "smoothing out" of data understated the effect of 22,000 laid-off state workers who returned to the job following the state government shutdown. A state official told Twin Cities Business that the "unsmoothed" rate is 7 percent.
The event, Robotics Alley, is designed to raise the profile of the Midwest in the global robotics industry.
The funding will help Emerson Process Management expand its Rosemount division in Minnesota, resulting in the addition of 100 jobs in Eden Prairie.
A Northfield investment and management firm enters a new field: saving historic, smaller-city hotels and inns.
Are Minnesota's tax peculiarities driving people away?
Minnesotaâs business leaders are tackling their most pressing business challenge
A proposed regional nanotech center called NanoVox would work to connect researchers and entrepreneurs from throughout the Midwest.