Coca-Cola’s chief executive has been elected to 3M’s board of directors; meanwhile, 3M’s CEO said the company’s new dividend and share repurchase program reflect “confidence in 3M’s future.”
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A new study analyzed how each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia handled the voting process during the 2008 and 2010 elections, and Minnesota is among seven “high performers.”
Minnesota is behind only five other states in terms of annual tax revenue loss stemming from corporations and wealthy individuals shifting profits offshore.
The University of Minnesota, Carleton College, Macalester College, and St. Olaf College were among 150 colleges recognized based on assessments that examined data covering academics, cost, and financial aid.
Best Buy’s expensive Super Bowl ad appears to have been popular among viewers; meanwhile, the company continues to close big-box stores and cuts jobs, although its period of turmoil has proven lucrative for many executives.
Chad Arthur Anderson received a five-year sentence, while Troy Allen Huston was sentenced to four years and nine months; their fraud scheme involved 32 Minnesota properties.
The celebrity chef and Bizarre Foods host reportedly said that “restaurants in the skyway are serving some of the worst food in the city.” Meanwhile, local food trucks have formed a group to respond to skyway restaurants’ claim that trucks are hurting business.
The 34-minute blackout during Sunday’s game extended the time viewers spent at Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants.
UnitedHealth Group, 3M, the University of Minnesota, Great Clips, and Wells Fargo each have hundreds (or thousands) of local jobs they’re looking to fill.
Construction on a total of 1,344 new Twin Cities homes began last quarter, up 57 percent from the same period in 2011 and the largest fourth-quarter growth since 2007.
The recently released figure gives the first and only indication to date about how the Natick, Massachusetts-based company’s ongoing restructuring is affecting its local work force.
The Minneapolis-based company said that sales in its dessert-flavored category have increased 81 percent over the last year.
Minneapolis city politics are heating up for the 2013 election.
Struggling Supervalu, which recently struck a deal to sell several of its brands, said that its new CEO will start immediately rather than assuming his post after the close of the sale, as was previously planned.
Five members of the investor group were permitted to immediately join Aetrium’s board, thus temporarily boosting its size to 11 members; directors from both parties will then see if they can agree on a slate of directors to be presented for a shareholder vote in May, at which time the size of the board will shift to five members.
A new report also found that a majority of Minnesotans plan to spend their leisure time in the state.