The 60,827 new filings within the state represented the second-highest annual total in Minnesota’s history; the record was set in 2009, but that spike was partly attributed to a change in filing practices.
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Minnesota health care companies attracted $164.7 million in 2012, down 26.2 percent from 2011; still, the state received the second-highest funding amount among the region’s 11 states.
Minneapolis was the only U.S. city on the list and was described by the magazine as an “unexpected foodie mecca.”
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Union President Michelle Sommers said “a lot of [members] feel that the way things have gone everywhere else in the country, it wasn’t a bad deal overall.”
The retailer said that it received positive feedback about its holiday online price-matching policy and is extending the program throughout the whole year.
Barry Judge, who joined Best Buy in 1999 and left in May 2012, is among at least half a dozen key leaders who left the electronics retailer last year.
This year’s local attendees will include 3M Company, which will showcase an 84-inch touchscreen table prototype, Canopy Company, which offers a touch-enabled iPhone case, and Finder Codes, which developed a QR code-based lost-and-found system.
The company opened a new Roseville office last month, and the move will not affect it or the 275 people who work there.
Annual sales for Skippy, the second-largest U.S. peanut butter brand, are expected to total about $370 million in 2013, with $100 million coming from outside of the United States.
Still, the retailer expects fourth-quarter earnings per share to “meet or somewhat exceed” the low end of its previously announced guidance.
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No money changed hands in connection with the merger, and no layoffs are expected; the joint organization will operate under the HealthPartners name.
Nexsan Corporation is expected to help Imation capture a larger share of small and medium-sized business customers and boost its growth among enterprises with widely distributed operations.
A roundup of this year’s most-read stories on TCBMag.com.
The move comes less than three months after John Gilbert took the reins as CEO, and through it, the company aims to boost profits by at least 1 percent.
Stephen Gillett, who leaves at a time when Best Buy is trying to boost its share of the online market, will serve as executive vice president and chief operating officer at Symantec—a major Best Buy vendor.
To compile the list, 500 small metro areas across the nation were ranked based on the percentage of owner-occupied homes, the crime rate, charitable giving, and the percentage of college graduates.
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