A union that represents IBM employees recently reported that the company is reducing its work force across four divisions, including one that has a location in Rochester.
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Separately, the retail giant said that it has chosen 105 Canadian sites at which it will build Target stores as part of its planned expansion north of U.S. borders.
Sandra Calkins admitted to falsifying her business records in order to renew a line of bank credit and attract investors.
The Star Tribune reported that an increasing number of local companies are experimenting with ways to make work fun for their employees; efforts include everything from reviving company picnics to daily in-house foosball games and dinner-and-drink outings.
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The Star Tribune reported that an increasing number of local companies are experimenting with ways to make work fun for their employees; efforts include everything from reviving company picnics to daily in-house foosball games and dinner-and-drink outings.
The Nerdery and volunteer Web professionals have already donated $1.5 million worth of free Web sites to nonprofits through the program. Now they're headed to Chicago.
The Austin-based food maker saw a 20 percent jump in second-quarter profit, prompting it to raise its earnings guidance for the fiscal year that ends in October; but the company's stock price decreased almost 5 percent on news of the strong second-quarter earnings.
A study that appeared in the June issue of The Spine Journal found that back surgery patients treated with Medtronic's Infuse product experienced higher rates of sterility; Medtronic and two surgeons involved in the original Infuse trial contend that not enough men experienced such complications to statistically link the problem to the Infuse product.
Major Minnesota employer Wells Fargo ranked 26th out of the 30 banks on the list, two spots below U.S. Bancorp; meanwhile, M&I Bank, which has 27 Minnesota offices, ranked sixth.
A recent report says that the cost of running a medical device production facility in the Twin Cities is competitive with other domestic locations, and there are a lot of other factors that can attract med-tech jobs.
Co-working firm Coco will open a 16,000-square-foot innovation center at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, which will provide space for tech accelerator Project Skyway.
Alliant Techsystems filed a petition on Monday protesting an $850 million contract that it lost to London-based BAE Systems.
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman wants to pay for a Vikings stadium in Minneapolis with a statewide alcohol tax of 2 cents per drink. He also wants to move the state's pro basketball teams from the Target Center to the Xcel Energy Center.
A total of 70 job cuts will be layoffs, while the remaining 170 positions will go unfilled after employees retire or leave for other reasons.
According to the Star Tribune, recently unsealed search warrants back up allegations that Michael Krzyzaniak used investors' money to fund his lavish lifestyle.
A senior analyst with Wells Fargo Securities reported that St. Jude's minority investment in Micell Technologies may signal its entrance into the drug-eluting stent market.
Angeion CEO Philip Smith has resigned in a decision that the company said was "mutual" between Smith and its board of directors.
Troy Chaika was found guilty of charges related to a mortgage fraud scheme, through which he and co-conspirators fraudulently obtained money from more than 100 residential property deals.
Governor Mark Dayton signed the "Surly bill" into law, creating a brewer taproom license that allows the state's beer makers to sell their beer at their breweries.