U.S. News & World Report ranked five Minnesota hospitals among the best in the nation for at least one of 16 medical specialties—and it ranked Mayo Clinic third on an elite list of only 17 U.S. hospitals that are among the best in at least six specialties.
Honors
Prosecutors say that Dennis Desender was responsible for about $4.3 million in losses to investors and an $825,866 tax loss to the Internal Revenue Service, which resulted from his failure to file federal tax returns or report his income over a three-year period.
Prepare to be surprised.
Bayers Do It Best Hardware and Settergrens Ace Hardware compete in Linden Hills—a one-hardware-store kind of neighborhood.
UnitedHealth Group, Target, Best Buy, Supervalu, and 3M all fell in Fortune’s annual ranking, while CHS jumped almost 100 spots.
The state received “strong” or “very strong” ratings in the majority of the 12 primary measures included in the report, resulting in the highest overall score among states.
Roughly 65 percent of respondents to a recent Twin Cities Business poll said they believe the marriage amendment would have an impact on Minnesota businesses, and 50 percent said it is appropriate for companies to take a public stance on such issues.
Foxy Falafel owner Erica Strait is planning a permanent storefront in the former Café Caribe space in St. Paul.
For every white Twin Cities resident who was unemployed in 2011, more than three blacks were unemployed, according to a recent study.
What Minnesotans are doing to put returning soldiers to work.
Many contracts have implications for your intellectual property—or for whether you'll be on the hook in somebody else's infringement suit.
The Twin Cities ranked high for education but received low marks for job growth and cost of doing business; overall, however, the metro area moved up considerably in this year’s ranking.
How much should we trust the monthly unemployment reports?
The City of Minneapolis spent $467,139 on staff and contract lobbyists last year, the most of any local government in the state.
General Electric Capital Corporation, Fredrikson & Byron, and the John T. Petters Foundation will collectively pay nearly $34 million to settle clawback lawsuits filed by bankruptcy trustee Doug Kelley.
Joseph Steven Meyer and other co-conspirators allegedly defrauded mortgage lenders in conjunction with a condo project of bankrupt St. Paul developer Jerry Trooien, who has not been charged.
Honoring five lifetimes of achievement.
At the top of the list is a $24 million mansion on Lake Minnetonka in Orono, which is currently owned by former Vikings co-owner James Jundt.