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Increased demand for locally grown produce is feeding a budding industry of growers attempting to nurture hobbies or family traditions into a viable revenue stream.
The electronics giant also revealed its compensation package for interim CEO G. “Mike” Mikan, who will be considered for the permanent CEO spot; the package includes an annual base salary of $1.1 million—and a $2.2 million payment that he’ll receive in lieu of participating in Best Buy’s short-term incentive plan.
Some experts have praised Best Buy’s handling of the recent scandal involving its former CEO, while others have said the company didn’t go far enough. Many respondents to a Twin Cities Business survey, meanwhile, said that the actions of company’s chairman didn’t merit him exiting his position.
Megan Tamte went from post-partum retail frustration to 30 stores in 11 states in less than a decade—one hot mom at a time.
Bahram Akradi, Douglas Baker Jr., Richard Davis, Curtis Sampson, and Sally Smith join 67 other business leaders who were previously inducted.
Bill George argues that passage of the amendment would make it difficult for Minnesota companies to recruit and retain the talented people required to build global companies.
Ryan Robinson, chief financial officer of Best Buy’s U.S. operations, is the latest top-ranking official to leave the company, which on Tuesday reported better-than-expected first-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings.
The new jobs in downtown Duluth will be professional positions, including engineers and safety specialists.
Jamie Rice is the latest appointment to the Eagan-based insurer’s executive team, which has recently seen a series of departures.
A senior vice president with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis told Minnesota Public Radio that the state’s banks are almost past the crisis period that began during the financial meltdown.
General Mills to Cut 850 Jobs, Roughly 425 in MN
Once-prominent Twin Cities restaurateur Dean Vlahos listed $45,812 in assets and $11.8 million in liabilities in his bankruptcy filing; his association with convicted Ponzi schemer Tom Petters reportedly led to his current financial situation.
Foundations run by General Mills, Medtronic, and Land O'Lakes collectively granted PBS $1.7 million to develop a website centered around the aging Baby Boomers.
Fifty local commercial real estate leaders-asked about their expectations for future vacancy rates, rental rate growth, development costs, and financing for new projects-have changed their two-year outlook from slightly optimistic to slightly pessimistic.