Ecolab, H.B. Fuller, The Mosaic Company, Target, and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans are among 145 companies named to the Ethisphere Institute’s 2013 “World’s Most Ethical Companies” list.
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A construction schedule has not been finalized, but the retailer might break ground on the facility this year; it’s scheduled to open in late 2015.
Entrants must present their vision for a native mobile app, a mobile-enabled Web experience, or a mobile design that can be integrated into Target’s existing apps or mobile services.
The expansion will increase the brewery’s current 150,000-barrel annual capacity by an additional 100,000 barrels.
Cargill and ConAgra will each own a 44 percent stake in the new venture—called Ardent Mills—and CHS will own a 12 percent stake.
Minnesota employers added 12,100 jobs in January, but the state’s unemployment rate ticked up 0.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted 5.6 percent—a jump that’s largely attributed to an increase in the labor force participation rate.
The same Minnesotans who were on last year’s list made repeat appearances this year, although the net worth of most has risen—and Best Buy founder Richard Schulze is no longer listed as a Minnesotan.
The bed maker said that it has experienced “below-plan” sales since February 1, news that prompted shares of its stock to slide about 17 percent Monday.
The retailer’s first 24 Canadian stores will have soft openings this month—and Target plans to open 124 stores throughout the country in 2013.
The changes, which include the appointment of a new top marketing executive, are the first since Sam Duncan took the reins as CEO and come less than two months after the company struck a deal to sell five of its largest retail grocery brands in a $3.3 billion deal.
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3M Company, Target Corporation, and St. Jude Medical also made the list last year.
CEO John Noseworthy said the Mayo Clinic will likely see a 20 to 40 percent annual revenue decline in the next five years due to cuts in Medicare, the arrival of state-run health exchanges, and other changes facing the health care industry.
CEO Joseph C. Levesque told Twin Cities Business that “we have to be vague” but acknowledged that a sale of one or both of the company’s product groups is possible, and a private takeover or merger is not out of the realm of possibility.
The budget deficit forecast for 2014-2015 has dropped from $1.1 billion to $627 billion, meaning state legislators will need less in tax increases or spending cuts to balance the budget.
A Star Tribune report, citing unnamed sources, indicated that founder Richard Schulze appears to be backing off a bid to acquire the company but is trying to regain his former position as chairman of the board.