The Twin Cities topped the healthiest-cities-in-the-country index for the third straight year, and in a separate study Minnesota as a whole ranked as the healthiest state for seniors.
Honors
Mayo Clinic, Medtronic, UnitedHealth Group, General Mills, and Target are on a just-released list of employers said to do the best job promoting healthy work environments and lifestyles.
Minnesota-based GovDelivery and On-Demand Services Group made a list of the 100 fastest-growing businesses in urban areas nationwide based on annual revenue growth rates over a five-year period.
Innovative Office Solutions, LLC, and eCapital Advisors, LLC, made the 2013 list of the 50 fastest-growing companies led or owned by women.
UnitedHealth Group retained its spot as Minnesota’s highest-ranking company on the just-released list, and it moved up five spots from last year, ranking 17th overall.
The local airport was among 29 U.S. airports that the U.S. Department of Transportation ranked by their percentage of on-time departures in 2012.
In a new report, Minnesota fared poorly with respect to the proportion of adults who started a new business in 2012; a nationwide lull in new-business activity, however, appears tied to an improvement in the overall economy.
The local airport was among just 15 U.S. airports to make the list, which was compiled by airline and airport review organization Skytrax.
Meanwhile, the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area earned a “B+” for small business friendliness in the just-released study, compiled by online service Thumbtack.com in partnership with the Kauffman Foundation.
While Mayo Clinic’s request for expansion funding is being considered at the Capitol, 38 percent of Minnesota business leaders said in a recent poll that they support state funding for the project.
Michael O’Shaughnessy allegedly received $670,000 in fees and bonuses from convicted Ponzi schemer Tom Petters, and court-appointed receiver Doug Kelley is trying to recover it so that it can be used to help repay victims of Petters’ fraud scheme.
Authorities didn’t know or wouldn’t say if the two escapees had become friends or had resources or friends with money outside of the prison, according to the Star Tribune.
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Businessman Maury Rosenberg, who won a $6.1 million jury award, claims that U.S. Bank is using involuntary bankruptcy as a collection tool, which is illegal; the bank, meanwhile, claims it hasn’t done anything wrong and is appropriately pursuing a litigious businessman who owes money.
At a time when talented women executives can choose where they want to work, sisterhood is powerful.