The company, Flagstone Foods, is hiring for more than 30 positions at its new headquarters building.
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The annual Midwest U.S.-Japan Association Conference will bring together business representatives from the Midwest and Japan, as well as government officials, to explore strategies for enhancing business relationships.
A new report released by The Itasca Project outlined several strategies for building such collaboration, including aligning academic offerings with work force needs and regional businesses partnering with colleges and universities to co-create research and innovation agendas.
Some high-profile projects—like the proposed St. Paul Saints ballpark and the Southwest Corridor light-rail line—previously announced plans to seek a share of the state funding, but 90 applications have now been filed.
In the two years since its inception, the Angel Tax Credit Program has attracted more than $126 million in private investments for small and emerging companies in the state.
The Twin Cities ranked high for education but received low marks for job growth and cost of doing business; overall, however, the metro area moved up considerably in this year’s ranking.
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St. Paul will ask for more than half of the $47 million that the state has set aside for economic development projects—and it faces growing competition for those dollars.
The two organizations will aim to deepen Minnesota’s economic ties with China through the new office, which opened during Governor Mark Dayton's 10-day trade mission to the country.
The state’s gross domestic product (GDP) totaled $244.9 billion last year; the 1.2 percent growth rate is less than half of the 3.9 percent increase that the state experienced in 2010.
A total of $600,000 in grants was recently awarded to help former employees of BAE Systems, Cargill, and Quality Wine and Spirits find employment.
A national volleyball tournament is expected to draw up to 30,000 athletes and spectators to Minneapolis in 2014.
The St. Paul Port Authority is buying a property in downtown St. Paul on which the city wants to build a new baseball stadium—but the city is still seeking money from the state.
The new jobs in downtown Duluth will be professional positions, including engineers and safety specialists.
The state's monthly job estimate, which is based on a survey of roughly 3,000 employers, found that Minnesota lost 3,100 jobs in April. But a state official said that the estimate likely misrepresents the state's employment picture, and he expects the job figure to be revised upward.
Hurricane Grill & Wings will enter the state this fall with the opening of a location in Burnsville-its first of more than a dozen planned Minnesota restaurants.
Pending negotiations with the Ramsey County Regional Rail Authority, Jones Lang LaSalle will provide property management services for St. Paul's Union Depot transit hub-and Minneapolis-based One on One Bicycle Studio, Inc., will design and operate a bicycle center there.
The state's 2011 exports increased $1.4 billion, or 7.3 percent, from the previous year.