MentorMate, The Nerdery, and MPay Gateway made the inaugural "Flyover 50" list—which recognizes the 50 fastest-growing companies that are based in the middle of the country.
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Shoreview-based Deluxe expects the deal to be “slightly dilutive” to earnings per share for the remainder of the year but to boost 2012 revenue by about $15 million.
A Metropolitan Airports Commission spokesman told the Star Tribune that the commission “had a phone conversation with leadership at Pinnacle to express our interest in seeing them move here.”
Comcast, which last year announced plans to hire 600 call center workers in Minnetonka and St. Paul, is now cutting roughly 65 St. Paul employees as it shifts its “inbound sales” operations to Oregon.
Shopkick gives shoppers points when they enter a Target store, and points can be redeemed for various rewards.
A locally built app turns scotch sampling into a shared gaming experience.
Mashup targets music lovers interested in displaying a "life soundtrack."
News of the extension sent the e-commerce giant's stock up 5.3 percent Wednesday to close at $15.71.
Subodh Kulkarni, who guided Imation's efforts to shift its focus back to data storage, will leave the company by the end of June to pursue other interests.
George Morgan, who most recently served as chief operating officer of U.S. Oncology, will succeed Rob Kill.
The two companies have launched a joint advertising campaign, and they will market each other's services from their respective Twin Cities stores.
Vixar, which makes components for laser sensors, will use the money to increase its production.
Companies that participated in Bloomington-based TenKsolar's recent round of financing include South Korea-based Hanwha Corporation and European venture capital firm ESB Novusmodus.
The competing OverDrive e-book lending service allows local library patrons to borrow digital titles for their own devices-but the new 3M Cloud Library system lets St. Paul library visitors check out an e-reader device, as well.
8thBridge's new Graphite platform allows consumers to interact with brands and products in new ways through Facebook; for example, marketers can use customized buttons to extend beyond Facebook's built-in "like" function to include words like "want," "love," "need," or "own."
The buyer-California-based Cosmi-claims that it is now the United States' second-largest retail publisher of personal computer games and the largest retail publisher in the value software category.
The Twin Cities Business Virtual Technology Trade Show.
Duluth-based Cirrus Aircraft said it has the necessary funding to develop the first single-engine jet on the market-a project that it started in 2008.