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The company opens a facility for endurance training and plans to blend consumer and corporate markets.
But how long can Groupon imitators and their retailer clients live on price cuts?
Better budgets, a terrorist named Lars, and Larry Bird.
U.S. District Court Judge Michael Davis said that 3M failed to demonstrate that it will be "irreparably harmed" if Avery Dennison Corporation continues to sell its retroreflective sheeting products.
Many local auto-repair shops, snow-removal companies, and towing companies are overloaded and expecting record or near-record sales thanks to the recent snowstorms.
Marlon Danner allegedly paid out $185,000 to his drivers as a settlement for previously underpaying them-and he then fraudulently obtained more than $120,000 of the funds by telling the drivers that the payment was a mistake.
The 69 stores that employ social workers reported a 17 percent average improvement in employee attendance between 2008 and 2009.
Most venture capitalists predict that venture firms will invest more in 2011, especially in IT companies.
Minnesota goes on a tear to corner “non-compliant” business taxpayers.
The case for instilling a conscience in our future leaders.
Others are doing it well; can the Twin Cities?
His answer to that question is deceptively simple: “Something that changes the world.” The founder and CEO of Minneapolis firm Generate, Neren has overseen the creation of the World Database of Innovation, which is bringing a lexicon to the chaotic language of innovation. He also has organized Innovation Minnesota, where executives from some of the state’s largest companies help each other prepare for what’s next.
Trustee Doug Kelley has created a mini-industry that’s out to recover as much as $18.4 billion for the victims of the Petters Ponzi scheme. But the recovery efforts are making many debtors—which include nonprofits—feel victimized. Kelley says he has no choice: “We are making law day by day.”
The economy is moving toward “collaborative consumption,” says Rachel Botsman, co-author of What’s Mine is Yours. How will companies make the shift from selling products to selling access?
Twitter feeds, blogs, and oh yeah, traditional media—is it too much information, or just enough to create new opportunities? Here’s What Business Thinks™ about the new media landscape.