Both hospitals have started using a freezing balloon technology that was developed by Medtronic and recently approved for the treatment of a certain type of atrial fibrillation.

Charlotte beat out three other finalists-including Minneapolis-to host the convention, but Mayor Rybak says the city will continue to compete to host high-profile events.

By this summer, CB Richard Ellis' Bruce Kaplan expects to have a strategic plan that will breathe life back into the high-vacancy development.

Governor Mark Dayton proposed $531 million in investments for more than 300 infrastructure projects and identified another $470 million for projects that the Minnesota Legislature "deems most important."

The two organizations on Tuesday unveiled a proposal to spend $155 million to renovate the 21-year-old building-and they want the state to provide an unspecified portion of the funding.

Over the next three years, the program-"Pathways to Business Growth"-will give participating companies the tools to find new markets, customers, ideas, and products.

Personal bankruptcies in Minnesota increased in 2010, a trend experienced nationwide as families work to cope with unemployment and a struggling housing market.

In addition to the layoffs, Tyco Electronics is planning to relocate the remaining 200 employees at the former ADC Telecommunications headquarters in Eden Prairie to the Shakopee facility.

A new effort to attract businesses to downtown Duluth will award two businesses with free rent for a year, an advertising package, a loan, start-up business consulting, and more.

Christi Rowan, meanwhile, is requesting a sentence at the lower end of the zero- to six-month range she faces under federal guidelines.