The two firms said in a statement that they decided to "amicably discontinue merger discussions, because they could not come to an agreement on key terms."
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Summit Brewing, which last year celebrated a quarter century of beer making, is reportedly adding a new summer ale and India pale ale, and it plans to break ground on a $6 million brewery expansion in late 2013 or early 2014.
UnitedHealthcare has agreed to acquire two Florida based companies-deals that will add about 85,000 Medicare Advantage members and 12,200 Medicaid members from across Florida to the company's fold, along with eight primary care centers in the state.
St. Paul-based Asset Recovery Corporation has been sold to Englewood, Colorado-based Arrow Electronics for an undisclosed sum.
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St. Paul-based Asset Recovery Corporation has been sold to Englewood, Colorado-based Arrow Electronics for an undisclosed sum.
In light of a big winter storm that's brewing in the Upper Midwest, customers who have flights scheduled for Tuesday or Wednesday are permitted to make a one-time change to their travel schedule without incurring a fee.
The Plymouth-based company said that Shelly Ibach, who joined it in 2007 and moved up to the C-suite last year, has been one of the "key architects" behind its growth formula.
Shares of Maple Plain-based Proto Labs closed Friday at $29 per share-an 81 percent jump from its Thursday evening IPO price of $16 per share-and are still trading up; the news comes at a time when many Minnesota companies are reportedly doing well in the stock market.
A just-released state report shows that Minnesota employers reported 49,900 job openings during the fourth quarter of 2011, about 53 percent of which were for full-time, permanent positions.
A long list of leaders from the local culinary community have been named semifinalists for the annual James Beard Awards-including seven Twin Cities chefs in the "best chef in the Midwest" category.
A Great Clips survey asked people how they would use 15 minutes of extra time, and the responses seem to highlight sex and sleep more than serve to market a salon chain.
The grant comes at a time when an important deadline is looming; by January 1, 2013, each state must demonstrate that its own health insurance exchange will work.
Supervalu is investing in the growth of its Save-A-Lot chain as it aims to double the number of its stores; the grocery operator is adding 22 stores in February and March.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis said that banking conditions in Minnesota have improved in the past year and will continue to gain strength in 2012, but the state's banks still have a long way to go to get back to the profitability they saw before the financial crisis.
G&K expects its CEO, who is taking a temporary medical leave, to "recover fully within four to six weeks" and "completely resume his normal duties upon his return."
Christopher Puto, who has served as dean of the University of St. Thomas' Opus College of Business since 2002, will step down on June 30.
The manufacturing giant, in partnership with a large natural gas producer, intends to develop less-expensive, higher-performance, lighter, and higher-capacity fuel tanks-which it hopes will jump-start the market for natural gas-fueled vehicles.
The southwest Twin Cities suburb will have three companies-Imagine! Print Solutions, SanMar Corporation, and Trystar-constructing facilities in the near future, which will bring in hundreds of jobs.