On a seasonally adjusted basis, Twin Cities home prices posted one of the highest decreases among 20 U.S. metro areas tracked; but without adjusting for seasonality, the average home price rose 0.8 percent, representing one of the highest increases.

Floyd and Inger Olson allegedly failed to file tax returns for their business, National Real Estate Trader's, Inc., from 2004 to 2008.

Neither St. Jude nor rival Medtronic-the company that Joseph McCullough joined after leaving his former post-would specify the terms of the settlement or reveal McCullough's employment status.

CEO Brian Dunn expects sales during the company's "most important holiday season ever" to be driven by smartphones, touch-screen tablet computers, new video-game devices (including some with 3-D games), and e-readers.

Financial details of the transaction weren't disclosed, but Cleantec-the company that Ecolab is acquiring-has about $55 million in annual sales.

The former executive of Denny Hecker pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement to investigators and one count of mail fraud.

A federal judge ordered Xcel to turn over documents related to capital projects at two of its power plants within 30 days.

The U.S. Department of Justice has joined a lawsuit that dates back to November 2007 but will not become involved in two of the three allegations that it contains-which indicate that the Mayo Clinic improperly obtained laboratory accreditation and failed to retain histopathology slides for the required period of time.

The Minneapolis-based toy seller claims that Automoblox Company did not honor obligations that were outlined in the companies' license agreement.

Minnesota is the first state to enter such a large-scale collaboration to utilize a private cloud environment, according to the Office of Enterprise Technology.

The deal, which includes a manufacturing facility and site in Goi‰nia, Brazil, is expected to close by the end of the year.

Among the company's recent projects are two student housing complexes near the University of Minnesota, several Menards stores, two U.S. Bank branches, and two LA Fitness centers.

HighJump Software said that the acquisition-of which the financial terms were not disclosed-will complement its current suite of supply-chain applications.

In addition to supporting efforts to diminish catastrophic climate change, the Minneapolis-based foundation also put money toward affordable housing and the arts.

The company reportedly said that it hopes to build the smaller Target stores in 10 U.S. cities, including somewhere in the Twin Cities.

The cash transaction represents a 100 percent premium over NightHawk Radiology's stock price, which closed at $3.25 per share on Friday.