A new Forbes list based its rankings on several company growth and value factors, along with a score that measures "innovation premium"-how much investors bid up the stock price beyond the value of a company's existing business in anticipation of future innovative results, like new products, services, and markets.
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The average domestic airfare from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was up 9 percent in the first quarter from last year, ranking it the 11th-most expensive airport in the nation.
The St. Paul-based engineering firm, which is among the state's largest, is set to be acquired by Canada-based Stantec; Bonestroo employees are expected to be retained, and most of the firm's 11 offices will remain open.
The U.S. Postal Service, which lost $8 billion last year, on Tuesday released a list of more than 3,600 offices, branches, and stations around the nation that are being reviewed and could be shuttered.
Boston Scientific will cut between 1,200 and 1,400 positions by the end of 2013, although the company didn't specify which divisions would be affected; Wells Fargo will lay off fewer than 150 of the roughly 18,000 Minneapolis-area workers.
Workface, which aims to help companies market and sell their products and services, has raised more than $2.5 million since its inception in 2007.
The winner of the contest, "Does this make my heart look big?", will receive a new MacBook Air laptop and will have his or her video featured on the "Give to the Max Day" homepage in November.
The Minneapolis company will give away key cards at the Uptown Art Fair to those who "like" its newest resort-style apartment complex on Facebook; one person's card will unlock a year of free rent that's valued at $20,000.
Mid-year data from NorthMarq shows that the vacancy rate for all property types in the Twin Cities is down, but the road to recovery still appears long and slow.
Metro Transit General Manager Brian Lamb said that if the pace keeps up, 2011 could surpass 2008 for record ridership.
According to a study by BioEnterprise, health-care start-ups in Minnesota received $88.3 million in investments in the first half of 2011, the most of any state in the region.
A fire truck by Rosenbauer America of Wyoming, Minnesota, is featured in the new action flick.
A group from South Education Center Alternative in Richfield and Chef Todd Bolton of Parasole won the Recipes For Healthy Kids Challenge, a nationwide competition launched last September as part of the Let's Move! campaign; more than 300 recipes were entered. />
James Fry, a 57-year-old man from Orono who was indicted last week for several fraud charges relating to Tom Petters' multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, has reportedly pleaded not guilty.
Ninja Metrics has developed software that is aimed at helping online game creators identify players' psycho-social motivations and take action to help ensure enhanced user experience.
The Minnetonka-based health insurer points out that rural areas face more challenges in receiving high-quality health care, but it says that increased use of technology and other solutions could help better serve less-populated areas.