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.
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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.
Abby and Carlos Jimenez will open their second cupcake shop and cake studio at the Shoppes at Arbor Lakes in March.
HydroNovation develops water-conditioning systems that reduce the amount of potentially hazardous substances and minerals in order to create high-quality drinking water for homes and buildings.
The governor told the owners of the Minnesota Vikings that the Metrodome site is the only option for a new stadium, if a stadium bill is to gain approval from the Legislature this year.
Just when the Windsong Farm Golf Club was about to be foreclosed upon, David Meyer-founder and CEO of Fargo, North Dakota-based Titan Machinery-bought the club and plans to keep it open.
Kenneth Burdick will take the helm in mid-February; he most recently served as senior vice president of Coventry Health Care and CEO of its Medicaid and behavioral health businesses; but Burdick reportedly spent 14 years at Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group.
GameStop, Jewel Spa, and Mrs. Field's Cookies have reportedly closed their stores in downtown Minneapolis' Block E.
Now through March 31, the downtown Minneapolis hotel will offer its special "blizzard rate" on weekdays whenever at least three inches of snow are predicted.
The majority of those who responded to a recent survey plan to spend at least as much on leisure travel this year as they did in 2011, and 24 percent expect to boost spending.
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.
John Mulligan, who will succeed 18-year CFO Doug Scovanner when he retires in late March, has been with Target for 16 years.