PeopleNet, which provides mobile communications systems for the trucking industry, was sold by Norwest Equity Partners to California-based Trimble Navigation Limited.
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St. Paul-based plastics manufacturer Interplastic Corporation has agreed to pay a $15,000 civil penalty and spend $263,800 on environmental projects and upgrades for alleged environmental violations at its Minneapolis and Vadnais Heights plants.
The U.S. stock market plummeted on Monday, hitting its lowest point since the peak of the recession in 2008. And Minnesota companies were hit particularly hard.
The local ad shop made interactive videos and other components of a new advertising campaign for Target's partnership with Missoni.
Cynthia Strand was sentenced Friday to more than five years in prison for misappropriating $1.2 million through various real estate transactions.
In 2010, the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area ranked first for volunteerism among large U.S. cities for the fifth consecutive year-and Minnesota ranks third among all 50 states and Washington, D.C., when it comes to volunteerism.
U.K. Defense Secretary Liam Fox admitted to The Guardian that he met with Porton Capital CEO Harvey Boulter before Boulter allegedly tried to extort $30 million from 3M Company to settle a pending lawsuit.
On news that the company had received an unsolicited buyout offer, its stock price soared 23 percent during one of the worst days the market has seen in recent years; but its stock dropped the next day when the company said it was not for sale.
The geospatial technology provider has been bought by a group of private equity investors from Alexandria, Virginia.
Steven Jensen and his Plymouth company, Vintage Sports Authentics, allegedly auctioned off jerseys that they claimed were worn by Major League Baseball stars but were actually fakes.
In the wake of a significant Cargill food recall, the University of Minnesota has discovered a natural lantibiotic that could be used to preserve food and to kill harmful bacteria that cause food-borne illnesses.
Suzlon Rotor Corporation reportedly reached a consent agreement with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency under which it will correct various manufacturing problems; the agreement detailed air quality, hazardous waste, solid waste, and storm-water runoff handling violations.
Dairy Queen and managing franchisee Grupo Buen Rollo are set to open a group of 15 stores in Guatemala starting in October.
Following a harsh review that concluded that a new framework is needed for the FDA's most common medical device approval process, the agency's officials told local industry leaders that the process needs some "fine-tuning" but shouldn't necessarily go by the wayside.
The Minneapolis-based firm's longtime owner and president, Dave Maiser, wanted to sell as he nears retirement; he chose The Marek Group after receiving three acquisition offers.
Yale will assemble a panel of 12 to 15 experts and commission two clinical research organizations to analyze data and review the safety and effectiveness of Medtronic's Infuse product, which has come under scrutiny in recent months.