Employment gains led by leisure and hospitality sector.
Economy
Slated to close by the end of the year, the deal will double APi’s employee count and likely put the company on the Fortune 500 list.
Fortune 500 companies all post sales gains of more than 20 percent.
DEED Commissioner: It’s not as bad as it looks
Parade of Minnesota companies going public continues.
Unemployment rate drops to 4% in May.
Self Esteem Brands—which also owns The Bar Method, Basecamp Fitness, and Waxing the City—has acquired Stronger U, a nutrition-based health coaching brand.
Minneapolis company went public last year, ahead of current IPO boom
Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group held on to its spot in the top 10.
State unemployment rate now at 4.1 percent
The 4 percent drop in births in 2020 was the biggest decrease in the U.S. birth rate in more than a century.
The smallest businesses are still waiting to see signs of an economic recovery.
Both see gains in early trading
Bad economies may not be good times for entrepreneurship, but necessity is the mother of invention.
The state’s jobs figures have generally looked better than national figures, but Minnesota officials say there’s still a “long way to go” to full recovery.
Agency has now given $3.2 million in grants to 104 companies
Plant closure means layoffs for 208 employees.
Minnetonka-based Morrie’s Auto Group is part of the national trend of big players growing larger.