A new report suggests that the economic upturn either hasn't produced jobs that would offer employer-based insurance or coverage gains associated with new jobs have been offset by coverage losses at other companies.
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A study by the Minnesota Agri-Growth Council and the University of Minnesota found that animal agriculture now provides about $8 billion to the state economy, up about $3 billion from 2003, when the last study was conducted.
A deal with Hal Leonard will expand MakeMusic's library of songs for students to practice; the library will now include everything from Adele to Elvis.
Robert Dufresne of Cottage Grove, who admitted to defrauding investors out of more than $5 million in a multi-state house-flipping scheme, has been sentenced to eight years in prison.
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Robert Dufresne of Cottage Grove, who admitted to defrauding investors out of more than $5 million in a multi-state house-flipping scheme, has been sentenced to eight years in prison.
Robert Stephens, who founded The Geek Squad nearly two decades ago, has left Best Buy and is "ready to build new companies," although he has agreed to serve as an outside advisor to Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn.
Food & Wine has selected its 100 best new chefs, and now it's up to readers to vote for the top 10.
The Rochester-based clinic has been granted $2.5 million to find out if a compound derived from snake venom can be useful to heart attack patients.
Longtime State Demographer Tom Gillaspy will be succeeded by Susan Brower, who served as research associate for the Wilder Foundation before joining the state demographer's staff last summer.
The former University of Minnesota president has stepped in to lead The Bush Foundation as it searches for a permanent replacement for Peter Hutchinson, who resigned in January.
Xcel Energy reportedly plans to spend $20 million to $50 million on safety upgrades to its two nuclear plants, a year after Japan's tsunami disaster that led to a nuclear catastrophe.
The estate planning life insurance firm has hired Jon Christie to lead its first Minneapolis office, which is located in the IDS Center.
A former vice president and branch manager of a Minnesota bank admitted to stealing $80,000 and faces up to 10 years in prison.
The second phase of the tech accelerator program includes four start-ups, two of which are based in Minnesota.
Malver, Pennsylvania-based Vishay Intertechnology bought the company for $85 million from Denver-based private equity firm CHB Capital Partners.
A recent study commissioned by Microsoft projects that adoption of IT cloud services will generate nearly 14 million jobs worldwide by 2015, 13,000 of which will be in Minneapolis.
About four months after purchasing Educational Options, Inc., Plato Learning has announced plans to acquire another education technology company: Archipelago Learning.
Don’t think sci-fi: ReconRobotics creates guidable, pocket-size robots for the military and law enforcement.
Start-up Knowmad creates customized, off-the-beaten-path journeys through South America.
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