Rapid City, South Dakota-based Black Hills IP, LLC opened its first Minnesota office in the TCF Tower in downtown Minneapolis.
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The insurance giant is reportedly awaiting regulatory clearance, but if all goes as planned, its Thrivent Financial Bank subsidiary will become Thrivent Financial Credit Union this summer.
The DriveScribe mobile application blocks incoming calls, e-mails, and text messages while a vehicle is in operation; provides voice commands; and calculates a "safe driving score" after each trip; among other functions.
The state and the Metropolitan Council sued 3M, alleging that chemicals manufactured by the company have caused environmental damage-and 3M has filed a counterclaim, which argues that the Met Council dumps chemicals into the river from its seven waste treatment plants.
The company has set up offices in Mumbai and Delhi, from which its advisors will offer services to "upwardly mobile Indian consumers."
Cargill's second-quarter earnings dropped 88 percent from a year ago as the agribusiness faced uncertain markets and fluctuations in sugar prices.
In an effort to get unemployed Minnesotans back to work, Governor Mark Dayton proposed tax credits for businesses that are hiring, a $775 million bonding bill to help companies improve their infrastructure, and additional funding to a state program that helps businesses expand or relocate to Minnesota.
To occupy herself in her spare time, graphic designer Nicole Meyer creates a logo for a new Minnesota lake each day and posts it on her Web site, Branding10000lakes.com.
Due to shortage of skilled manufacturing workers, MPS Technical-a staffing agency that serves the manufacturing industry-saw record revenue growth in 2011.
The Brick, which is located in the space formerly occupied by Club 3 Degrees, is currently under renovation and will begin hosting performances in late March.
The local company will be sold by Minneapolis-based private equity firm Goldner Hawn Johnson & Morrison to Pittsburgh-based RTI International Metals.
The Eden Prairie-based company says its name change incorporates its broad focus on technology, its global expansion, and a changing marketplace that values cutting-edge technology and personalized service.
The retailer will begin featuring products from five shops in early May under a new concept called "The Shops at Target"; separately, the company confirmed plans to test mini-Apple stores within 25 Target stores later this year.
A new eatery called Devil's Advocate will open in the space most recently occupied by The Inn, and a new Asian restaurant called Marusu Street Food and Cocktails aims to open sometime this spring at 715 Hennepin Avenue.
According to Advertising Age, Target's split with its lead ad agency Wieden & Kennedy stems from the October departure of Michael Francis, Target's former chief marketing officer.
The Minnetonka-based company said it is partnering with three companies that offer health related mobile technologies-CareSpeak Communications, Fitbit, and Lose It!