TCF extended CEO Bill Cooper's contract term through the end of 2015 and increased his base salary from $950,000 to $1.5 million.
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The first of four public interviews will feature Randall Peterson, deputy dean of faculty and professor of organizational behavior at the London Business School.
U.S. Bank acquired BankEast, a Tennessee-based bank that was shuttered last week by regulators; it also announced plans to purchase the Indianapolis-based corporate trust business of UMB Bank.
Greg Page-whose company has production facilities, warehouses, and branch offices in roughly 80 Brazilian cities-has been named chairman of the Brazil-U.S. Business Council.
Julie Dexter Berg is leaving the company, and Michael Moore-who joined Supervalu last year as business transformation officer-will replace her.
Minnesota manufacturers are reportedly hiring for highly skilled positions, but they can't find qualified employees-and some say it's because they are not offering high enough salaries.
Minnetonka resident Steven Carver, who was a real estate broker and operated Carver & Associates Real Estate in Maple Grove, allegedly orchestrated a kickback scheme through which lenders lost $3.3 million and that resulted in the foreclosure of 18 homes.
Ad agency Mono and multimedia company Crash+Sues-both of which are based in Minneapolis-collaborated on an interactive installation for Parsons The New School for Design in New York.
Pearce, who was set to take the reins in February following the planned departure of Paul D. Finkelstein, has elected to leave the company instead; separately, Regis laid off 110 employees at its corporate office this week.
Three Minnesota companies-General Mills, Allianz Life, and the Mayo Clinic-made Fortune's list of the "100 best companies to work for"; but Mayo-with 1,600 job openings-is also on the magazine's short list of companies hiring in significant numbers.
Vikings owner Zygi Wilf is now "optimistic" about the plan to build a new stadium at the Metrodome site. Los Angeles, meanwhile, which has been seeking an NFL team, is no longer in the market for 2012.
After being hit hard by the recession, once-prominent developer Opus Group is slowly making a comeback.
Twin Cities Business' Quarterly Economic Indicator survey found that, compared to the previous quarter, more Minnesota businesses expect to hire, invest in infrastructure, and raise prices during the first quarter of 2012.
The New York Times reported that union lockouts, like the one imposed by Moorhead-based American Crystal Sugar, are now more common among American companies.
A couple of months after a contentious proxy fight resulted in an activist investor winning three spots on Regis' board, the company has terminated the employment of its chief operations officer for undisclosed reasons.
A study commissioned by Ameriprise Financial found that when it comes to retirement planning, men focus on the numbers while women tend to plan based on lifestyle goals.