Osmo Vänskä, who led the Minnesota Orchestra for the last decade, resigned after planned Carnegie Hall concerts were canceled.
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Union members rejected a tentative deal that had been reached between the company and the union’s negotiating committee.
So far, the effect of the government shutdown has primarily been limited to federal workers turned away from their jobs, but if the government stays in the dark much longer, federal funding limitations may broaden the impact.
The Jefferson Memorial is seen on Tuesday with its entry closed off due the government shutdown.
Ten thousand fewer Minnesota children lived in poverty in 2012 than in 2011. But that’s still 183,763 low-income kids.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Twin Cities fared above average in 2012 with respect to education, income, and housing value, but it still isn’t back to its pre-recession numbers.
The number of meals served at Dorothy Day is up 3 percent this fiscal year compared with 2012.
Greater MSP is seeking a new investor relations director, the type of title typically reserved for public firms, rather than nonprofits.
The state has recovered all the jobs lost during the recession and remains more than 2 percent below the national unemployment rate, but they are not as high-quality of jobs as the state had in 2008.
The East Coast-based tutoring provider is transitioning its six corporate-owned locations in Minnesota into franchisee-owned sites, and they are all on the market; it’s also promoting 11 additional undeveloped locations.
Star Tribune Publisher Mike Klingensmith said a search for Barnes' replacement will include internal and external candidates.
Cargill’s current CEO, Greg Page, is nearing the company’s mandatory executive retirement age, and he will be replaced by David MacLennan.
The Department of Employment and Economic Development hired John Shoffner as the agency says Minnesota is experiencing a surge in business expansions and job openings.
The musicians’ negotiating committee said they rejected management’s latest contract offer.
Minnetonka-based Communications Systems, Inc., restructured itself into a holding company and made multiple executive-level changes.
Fast-growing Snap Fitness has about 1,500 locations worldwide, and it said that the acquisition of Steele Fitness will help differentiate its offerings by adding “premium personal training.”
Rochester Medical, which develops urological devices, is the third Twin Cities med-tech company that C. R. Bard, Inc., has purchased in recent years.
SurModics cut seven employees from its 115-member staff and expects to use the annualized savings to reinvest about $1 million into “growth initiatives.”