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Schwan’s Opens Ice Cream Kiosk at MOA

The company does not have immediate plans to open other ice cream kiosks, but a spokesman for Schwan's said that it is certainly a possibility if the Mall of America location is successful.

Shutdown Helps Some, Hurts Some in Trucking Industry

Truck stops are seeing increased traffic and more trucks are parking in their lots overnight-but the state's trucking companies are having problems getting credentials for drivers and experiencing a lag time in getting permits to haul oversized loads.

Best Buy Praises New Laws that Tax Online Retailers

The Richfield-based company says that brick-and-mortar stores are at a competitive disadvantage when online retailers aren't required to collect sales tax; it supports new laws like one in California that is designed to level the playing field.

MN Leaders Push for Debt-Ceiling Compromise

Five Minnesota business leaders are among the nearly 500 leaders from across the nation who are urging national leaders to come to a compromise regarding the U.S. debt ceiling and a plan to decrease the nation's deficit.

Shutdown Means Some Alcohol Supplies Run Dry

Retailers whose "buyer's cards" are expired, can't get them renewed during the shutdown-meaning once they run out of alcohol, they're unable to buy more. Meanwhile, MillerCoors reportedly must remove its beer from Minnesota bars and stores because it didn't renew its brand licenses prior to the shutdown.

ATK Wins $77M Army Ammunition Contract

The contract award comes about two months after Alliant Techsystems lost an $850 million Army contract to run an ammunition plant in Virginia-a decision that it formally protested.
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