Media coverage critical of Best Buy Company, Inc.-including a recent Forbes report that suggested that the Richfield-based company may be slowly going out of business-prompted a public response from the
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A new book by Chuck Runyon, CEO and co-founder of Hastings-based Anytime Fitness, LLC, hit bookstore shelves Tuesday-and it poses some provocative questions about staying fit. The book's title starts
There are signs that the Minnesota Vikings are warming to the idea of building a new stadium at one of two downtown Minneapolis sites. And the governor, meanwhile, has set
Minneapolis-based Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America named Walter White its new president and CEO, effective January 1. White succeeds Gary C. Bhojwani, who was promoted to chairman of
Christopher & Banks Corporation on Wednesday said that it has appointed Joel Waller president; it also said that it expects to report an operating loss for the third quarter. Waller
Securian Financial Group, Inc., on Tuesday announced the appointment of Christopher M. Hilger as president-a move that will take effect January 1. Hilger, who is now the St. Paul-based financial
Google Chairman Erik Schmidt joined Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and several local business leaders on Wednesday at CoCo, a collaborative "co-working" firm that offers alternative office space to freelance professionals,
The December issue of Twin Cities Business features 200 notable Minnesotans-and the full list is now available online and on selected newsstands.
About a month after Target Corporation announced the departure of its online president, the Minneapolis-based retailer has promoted Casey Carl to a position in which he'll oversee its Web site.
Richard Davis told local business leaders at the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting that while an economic recovery may take time, businesses should be focusing on and investing in their own operations.
Several hours after an activist investor won three spots on Regis' board, the company also appointed Randy Pearce as a director-expanding the board to include eight members.
Minneapolis officials, who have mostly remained on the sidelines since the Vikings announced their support for an Arden Hills plan, are now re-entering stadium talks; part of the mayor's plan involves an increased sales tax.
Institutional Shareholder Services has recommended that Regis shareholders vote in favor of Starboard Value's board nominees-but Regis says "the firm reached the wrong conclusion," and "this is not the time to disrupt the execution of the changes that are under way at Regis."
Kathryn Correia will succeed longtime HealthEast leader Tim Hanson, who will retire in January.
Steve Eastman is the second Target executive to leave the company this month. His exit was announced the same day that the retailer's new e-commerce site crashed-although the company has said that the departure wasn't related to performance.
Shortly after Regis announced a series of strategic changes, the company and one of its largest shareholders-which believes the changes fall short-are exchanging harsh criticisms ahead of an upcoming shareholder meeting.
What do your employees really think? And what do they know that could improve your business? In Touch gets an earful when it sets up anonymous employee feedback systems for clients.
It's no doubt that when Eric Kaler took the helm as president of the University of Minnesota in July, he entered the role at an interesting time. He faces a