A local advocacy group released a report stating that four large banks, including U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo, are charging people interest rates as high as 365 percent.
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A division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has determined that some of Tennant's claims about its ec-H2O technology are not supported by evidence; meanwhile, a Danish competitor has violated the council's policies by using the council's findings about Tennant to promote itself.
The majority owners and operators of Provalliance will buy Regis' interest for 80 million euros, which translates to roughly $105 million; interim Chief Operating Officer Eric Bakken said that divesting Provalliance is "part of our ongoing evaluation of non-core assets."
The 2012 Pulitzer in music went to Silent Night, which was commissioned by the Minnesota Opera and premiered last November at the Ordway Center in St. Paul-and this year's Pulitzer in poetry was awarded to Life on Mars, written by New Yorker Tracy K. Smith and published by Minneapolis-based Graywolf Press.
Best Buy will close six big-box stores in Minnesota this year as the company undergoes a significant restructuring. Best Buy has also begun its search for a permanent CEO-a process that it expects will take between six and nine months.
A study conducted by researchers at the University of Minnesota and the University of Texas at San Antonio found that when there are fewer single men, the percentage of women in high-paying careers increases.
Stratasys and Israel-based Objet, Ltd., said that their merger will grow their customer base and research and development capabilities.
St. Jude Medical wants a recently published article retracted, calling it a "biased analysis." But Douglas Zipes, managing editor of the online journal that published the article, said that's "not going to happen."
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak's annual State of the City address focused on initiatives aimed at bolstering North Minneapolis, including plans to bring a new work force center to the neighborhood.
In a companywide message, G. Mike Mikan said that the work being performed to address the company's challenges "absolutely must continue" and assured workers that he and other senior leaders are creating a blueprint for growth.
An unnamed source close to the Richfield-based electronics retailer told the Star Tribune that the company is investigating multiple complaints that Brian Dunn-who abruptly resigned Tuesday-behaved inappropriately with a female subordinate; Best Buy hasn't confirmed the assertion but declined to challenge the newspaper's reporting, and the company has vowed to publicly release the findings of the investigation that's underway.
The Minnesota Credit Union Network is distributing cash prizes and gift cards to those with the best stories about banking anxiety and frustrations and/or ways in which credit unions have come to their rescue.
After an unsuccessful appeal to a lower court, Tom Petters' attorneys are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit his case, arguing that the defense was barred from questioning a witness about his criminal background and saying Petters' sentence is disproportionate to those received by his co-conspirators.
The injunction prohibits Germany-based Alfred KŠrcher GmbH & Company-which filed lawsuits against Tennant Company in September-from claiming that Tennant changed its advertising for its ec-H2O technology because of the lawsuits.
The acquisition of Prudential Connecticut Realty marks HomeServices of America's entry into the northeastern region of the country and is part of a national expansion.
Ladibugs' products recently made their debut at about 1,650 Great Clips locations nationwide-and the company's owners are now exploring the idea of opening a second treatment facility in the Twin Cities metro area.