Minneapolis law firm Winthrop & Weinstine has lured six patent lawyers from Dorsey & Whitney to join its expanding intellectual property practice.
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The long-abandoned Dunwoody Building in south Minneapolis is reportedly set to be converted into a 123-unit apartment complex.
The Minnesota Trade Office is now accepting applications for a summer trade mission to China-Minnesota's second-largest export market and an important trade partner for the state.
The external review of the Academic Health Center, which will be led by Dr. Ken Kaushansky of Stony Brook University, comes on the heels of an internal review-which many in the university community found to be lacking.
The newly launched Bedd Head Media will offer a combination of media buying, promotions, and event marketing services.
Minnesota's health care start-ups led their Midwestern neighbors in attracting venture capital by raising $223.2 million last year, according to a report by Cleveland-based BioEnterprise.
The New Hope-based company said that its planned purchase of design-build engineering company WPCS International "is not viable" given "current market valuations."
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.
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.
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.