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Plato Ups Bid for Renaissance; Rejected Again

Plato Learning's newest proposal calls for it to acquire all shares of Renaissance Learning for about $496 million-or roughly $16.90 per share-but the majority owners have pledged their shares to a $455 million buyout offer from a European private equity firm.

MN Businessman Kenneth Dahlberg Dies at 94

The Deephaven resident, who founded Miracle-Ear and pumped money into several companies, was a decorated World War II fighter pilot who also played a cameo role in the Watergate scandal even though he engaged in no wrongdoing.