University of Minnesota Duluth alumnus Brian Kobilka and Robert Lefkowitz of Duke University will share the award for their research on protein receptors, which help the body sense and respond to outside signals.
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Driven by a 10.4 percent revenue boost and a growing industrial vending machine business, Fastenal’s earnings grew nearly 13 percent during the third quarter.
Citing an unnamed source, the Star Tribune reported that 33 South Sixth is expected to be sold to a San Francisco real estate firm.
More than 60,000 technology training videos created by Little Falls-based Atomic Learning will be available to Best Buy employees and some Geek Squad customers.
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More than 60,000 technology training videos created by Little Falls-based Atomic Learning will be available to Best Buy employees and some Geek Squad customers.
The loan volume declined modestly from the previous year, which was inflated by a temporary government program.
Jim Muehlbauer, who joined Best Buy a decade ago, will depart the company by the conclusion of its fiscal year; meanwhile, founder Richard Schulze is reportedly making progress toward a buyout bid.
John Hinz, who helped lead Buffalo Wild Wings’ marketing for nearly 14 years, was named chief marketing officer at Green Mill.
New business filings for the first three quarters of 2012 totaled 47,069, compared to 39,977 for the same period in 2011.
The store will be fully stocked for the holidays and will offer items from the highly anticipated limited holiday collection that Neiman Marcus and Target partnered to create.
Famous Dave’s has elected one of its board members to serve as CEO and shifted its current chief executive into the role of president and chief operating officer.
A new partnership, through which Geek Squad service plans are being sold on EBay, comes after similar deals that Best Buy struck with Target and Verizon.
While Minneapolis-based Target was one of the first retailers to oppose a proposed $7.5 billion settlement in a major antitrust dispute involving credit-card processing fees charged to merchants, Eden Prairie-based Supervalu is among those that support it.
Through the new partnerships, the network will soon offer courses that help entrepreneurs develop solid business plans and introduce a new pool of C-level software and IT veterans to those enrolled in its certification program.
Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in a Brazil-based health care company that operates roughly 70 hospitals and clinics and whose insurance covers more than 5 million people.
A labor agreement affecting 13,000 CenturyLink employees, including about 1,800 in Minnesota, expired Saturday night, but the company and the unions representing the workers have extended the contract while negotiations continue.
The 3M Streaming Projector, which comes equipped with a thumb drive-like device called the Roku Stick, allows users to project streaming content from sources like Netflix.
The company, which plans to hire roughly 15 employees in the near term, outgrew its space in the Fifth Street Towers and has relocated to the Campbell Mithun Tower in downtown Minneapolis.
The retailer, which reported a same-store sales jump of 2.1 percent last month, said that its decision to stop releasing monthly sales figures will “provide greater understanding of our sales results in the context of our overall financial performance.”