The boost came from the transportation finance bill that the Minnesota Legislature recently approved.
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The two Minnesota firms plan to merge on November 1, boosting Abdo, Eick & Meyers’ employee base to roughly 100.
The retailer’s first-quarter net loss totaled $81 million, and its revenue declined nearly 10 percent; cost-cutting initiatives and the shift in the timing of Super Bowl-related sales both contributed to the declines.
Healthland, which provides health care IT solutions for rural hospitals and their affiliated care facilities, has acquired American HealthTech, which serves post-acute facilities.
Three local real estate developers submitted proposals to develop parking facilities near the new Vikings stadium development; stakes are high for Ryan Companies, which must win the contract in order to begin a planned $400 million redevelopment project involving a five-block area surrounding the stadium site.
Medical device manufacturer Medtronic has cut about 65 percent of the 2,000 positions it intends to eliminate and beat it’s fourth-quarter earnings expectations.
The PR firm’s local office made the cuts because revenue projections are “modestly less” than it previously anticipated.
Delta Air Lines plans to expand its work force at its reservation call center in Chisholm, which currently houses about 500 full-time employees.
The trial for James Fry, who pleaded not guilty to charges related to Tom Petters’ Ponzi scheme, is reportedly expected to last two to three weeks.
Target opened a new office in San Francisco that will focus on finding and fostering partnerships for technological innovation.
Vascular Solutions’ CEO called a Boston Scientific product “one of the most blatant plagiarisms of a patented medical device that I have ever encountered”; Boston Scientific, meanwhile, said it believes the lawsuit is “without merit.”
The Greater North Dakota Chamber said it’s “making a strong case for business to come across the border,” and the campaign’s first billboard has drawn criticism from within Minnesota.
The Minnesota House already approved and the Senate is poised to vote Thursday on the bill, which would provide as much as half a year in additional unemployment benefits to idled workers during labor disputes.
Downtown Minneapolis restaurant Union is losing its top chef, who plans to open his own restaurant at the corner of 27th Street and Lyndale Avenue.
A state official called April a “pretty bad month” but said that the slight decline in the unemployment rate signals a longer-term, more positive trend.
The Edina hospital hopes to raise $15 million by the end of 2014 to help fund the $39 million expansion of its emergency center.