A Canadian agribusiness company recently revealed that it has received "expressions of interest," prompting speculation of a possible takeover; The Wall Street Journal reports that Cargill is among those interested in the deal.
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The St. Louis Park-based restaurant chain, which recently acquired several Cadillac Ranch restaurants, plans to open a new Granite City location in Tennessee.
The grand opening of Fulton Beer's taproom attracted more than 1,000 craft beer fans, and the brewery said it will use the new taproom revenues to invest in continued growth.
Land O'Lakes, GE Capital Fleet Services, Bassford Remele, and Burlington Northern Santa Fe took the top corporate awards.
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Land O'Lakes, GE Capital Fleet Services, Bassford Remele, and Burlington Northern Santa Fe took the top corporate awards.
Mocon has signed an agreement to purchase a Denmark-based company that makes equipment for packaging; the deal will boost Mocon's annual revenue to $56.7 million.
Meat exports from Minnesota companies jumped 84 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011, while exports of oil and iron ore products also grew significantly.
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.
Eden Prairie-based Osprey Medical hopes to raise approximately $21.2 million through an initial public offering launched Thursday and expects to start trading on the Australian Securities Exchange by mid-April.
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.
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.
The Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce, which advocates for the interests of businesses in the northern metro area, described the process of selecting a site for a new Vikings stadium as "unorthodox, unfair, and convoluted."
Srilata Zaheer, who has served as interim dean of the school for the past nine months, said that she plans to strengthen partnerships with local businesses and elevate the school's image internationally.
The City of Minneapolis released data that show signs of economic recovery in the city; trends include a decline in the rate of unemployment, an increase in construction volume, and a decrease in the number of foreclosures.
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.
Food & Wine has selected its 100 best new chefs, and now it's up to readers to vote for the top 10.
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.
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.
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.
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