A new report suggests that the economic upturn either hasn't produced jobs that would offer employer-based insurance or coverage gains associated with new jobs have been offset by coverage losses at other companies.
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The same Minnesotans who were on Forbes' 2011 list of the world's billionaires made the list this year.
A study by the Minnesota Agri-Growth Council and the University of Minnesota found that animal agriculture now provides about $8 billion to the state economy, up about $3 billion from 2003, when the last study was conducted.
A deal with Hal Leonard will expand MakeMusic's library of songs for students to practice; the library will now include everything from Adele to Elvis.
The Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce, which advocates for the interests of businesses in the northern metro area, described the process of selecting a site for a new Vikings stadium as "unorthodox, unfair, and convoluted."
The City of Minneapolis released data that show signs of economic recovery in the city; trends include a decline in the rate of unemployment, an increase in construction volume, and a decrease in the number of foreclosures.
Robert Dufresne of Cottage Grove, who admitted to defrauding investors out of more than $5 million in a multi-state house-flipping scheme, has been sentenced to eight years in prison.
Eden Prairie-based Osprey Medical hopes to raise approximately $21.2 million through an initial public offering launched Thursday and expects to start trading on the Australian Securities Exchange by mid-April.
John Parry, an associate financial advisor in Ohio, was the head referee at this year's Super Bowl; in a Q&A, he recently discussed his roles both on the field and in the office.
Select Groupon subscribers in the Twin Cities were invited to try a free three-month subscription to a new program that the company is testing and eventually plans to roll out nationwide.
Robert Stephens, who founded The Geek Squad nearly two decades ago, has left Best Buy and is "ready to build new companies," although he has agreed to serve as an outside advisor to Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn.
Food & Wine has selected its 100 best new chefs, and now it's up to readers to vote for the top 10.
The Rochester-based clinic has been granted $2.5 million to find out if a compound derived from snake venom can be useful to heart attack patients.
The second phase of the tech accelerator program includes four start-ups, two of which are based in Minnesota.
Malver, Pennsylvania-based Vishay Intertechnology bought the company for $85 million from Denver-based private equity firm CHB Capital Partners.
A recent study commissioned by Microsoft projects that adoption of IT cloud services will generate nearly 14 million jobs worldwide by 2015, 13,000 of which will be in Minneapolis.