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Re-Energizing The Wild

With incredible fanfare, the NHL team debuted in 2000 and made the playoffs three times in its first seven seasons. Then came an ownership change and three years of lackluster performance—a trend that lead investor Craig Leipold is out to reverse beginning with this season.

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Leaders Remain Upbeat Close To Home; Angst Grows Over Washington, Overall Economy

Industries looking to hire: health care, transportation, wholesale trade, and biotech/med-tech.

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Better To Give

The holiday season is coming faster than you think. This year, fully embrace your brand when picking gifts for your employees and colleagues. We’ve chatted with a few local retailers and execs for their best gift giving suggestions, and added a few of our own for good measure.

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2011 Minnesota Family Business Awards

Five stories of entrepreneurial successâfamily style.

Technology

Divine Devices

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Leadership

Advisory Firm Sides with Activist Investor; Regis Protests

Institutional Shareholder Services has recommended that Regis shareholders vote in favor of Starboard Value's board nominees-but Regis says "the firm reached the wrong conclusion," and "this is not the time to disrupt the execution of the changes that are under way at Regis."

Other

Ex-Cargill Scientist Admits to Being a Chinese Spy

A former Cargill biotechnologist reportedly pleaded guilty to stealing proprietary information from the company and passing it back to competitors in China.

Other

FL-Based Wing Chain to Open 17 Locations in MN

Hurricane Grill & Wings decided to expand into Minnesota and build new locations in three other states "after seeing unprecedented growth throughout the year."

American National Bank

Kalen Schwartz

Fairview

Richard Ostlund

Truterra

Jamie Leifker

Avanade

Dr. Deidre Sanders

Fairview

Dr. Jaya Kumar, MD, MBA

Other

Fmr. ConServe Exec. Gets Two Years for $8M Fraud

Kenneth Hasse admitted to defrauding investors out of $8 million to finance his company, ConServe Corporation.

Health Care + Med Tech

HealthEast Care System Selects Next CEO

Kathryn Correia will succeed longtime HealthEast leader Tim Hanson, who will retire in January.

Economy

MN Jobless Rate Drops to 6.9% Despite 7,400 Jobs Cut

The state shed about 7,400 jobs in September, but Minnesota employers have added 27,700 jobs in the past year, and the unemployment rate dropped 0.3 percent.

Lists

Mpls. Gets Low Marks on Small-Biz. Vitality List

Minneapolis ranked 13th out of 15 major U.S. cities in a new "small business vitality" list due to a sharp decline in market share among the city's independent retail shops and dining establishments.

Other

New Speaker Series Joins Local Execs. and Academics

At a free speaker series at the University of St. Thomas, executives from General Mills, Target, Best Buy, and 3M will discuss where real-world practices and academic theories meet.

Other

Organic Eggs Sold Locally Tied to Salmonella; 6 Sick

Salmonella from organic eggs that came from an Owatonna farm were sold at grocery stores and co-ops throughout the Twin Cities; the eggs have sickened at least six people.

Other

Plato Loses in Bid for Renaissance; Lower Offer OK’d

Shareholders of Renaissance Learning, Inc., accepted a $455 million offer from a company formed by a European private equity firm rather than Plato's latest $496 million bid-but the decision has prompted some lawsuits.

Other

TCF Shuffles Upper Management, Names New CFO

The company says that repositioning some of its top executives will allow it to better manage four key areas-corporate development, enterprise risk management, lending, and funding.