A new bioenergy production plant in South St. Paul is expected to add 20 permanent jobs.
Economy
Shares of Multiband Corporation’s stock jumped 25 percent on news that Goodman Networks will acquire it.
Target opened a new office in San Francisco that will focus on finding and fostering partnerships for technological innovation.
A state official called April a “pretty bad month” but said that the slight decline in the unemployment rate signals a longer-term, more positive trend.
The Edina hospital hopes to raise $15 million by the end of 2014 to help fund the $39 million expansion of its emergency center.
A building with 165 luxury apartment units is being built near The Shops at West End in Golden Valley.
Granite City Food & Brewery’s revenue increased by 22 percent and its loss narrowed in its most recent quarter.
The proposal calls for the development of two 20-story office towers, a skyway-connected parking ramp, apartments, and a green space for “rail-gating”—but it is contingent upon several factors.
ATK will buy firearm designer and manufacturer Savage Sports, whose parent company, Caliber, is a portfolio business of Minneapolis-based Norwest Equity Partners.
Thirty ideas for improving St. Paul—ranging from the construction of a “floating museum” to mobile food shelves—are competing for a $1 million prize.
The value of Minnesota’s exports rose $246 million in 2012, an increase of 1.2 percent and enough to set another annual record; the state’s top export category was machinery.
Enstratius is Texas-based Dell’s second Minnesota acquisition in recent years.
Holiday Stationstores purchased seven of its rival’s convenience stores in Rochester and plans additional growth.
CBIZ is expanding its Minnesota footprint with the acquisition of Associated Insurance Agents and its 32 employees.
The Orvis Company purchased Scientific Anglers and Ross Reels from 3M, and plans to maintain the companies’ independence.
Faegre Baker Daniels went from unranked to number 66 on The American Lawyer’s list of the 100 largest U.S. law firms.
The new report also found that the hunting and fishing industries support about 48,000 Minnesota jobs.
"If a business has to go under, I'd prefer that it be a chain," Nancy Breymeier, co-owner of the Amore coffee shop, said.