In the past, it’s been terrorist attacks, pandemic health scares, and volcanic ash plumes. Today, it’s a stubborn recession and the subsequent squeeze on travel budgets that has more and
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Benefit managers talk shop—what works and what doesn’t—about delivering employee benefits information.
The new U of M president faces a punishing budget, a legacy of top-down management, intense demands to grow research, and a sports and marketing machine on a Big 10 scale he’s never seen before. What makes him the right catalyst to take the university out of rough idle?
Kevin Baartman, vice president of information services, Lund Food Holdings, Inc. Mary Connor: So how long has the company been in this office? Kevin Baartman: I started in 2001. Lunds and Byerly’s
The conventional wisdom in call centers is, ‘I want to get you off the phone as quickly as possible,’” notes Bob Denman, president of Bloomington-based communications IT firm Avtex. But
iBuyOfficeSupply.com is taking the low-cost route to fast growth.
Business leaders from across Minnesota are showing signs of confidence in their own operations, despite their pessimism about economic conditions. Nearly 43 percent of 625 executives responding to a survey
Twin Cities entrepreneur and inveterate cyclist Dan Cleary loves to ride wherever he travels. But he was finding that shlepping his bike with him on airplane trips was like pedaling
The second annual Minnesota Idea Open tackles issues of water quality, inviting the public to submit ideas for improving the state’s water supply and awarding $15,000 to help implement the
U.S. venture capital investments in water treatment technologies—still a small segment of VC overall—doubled in 2010 over levels in 2009 and 2008, according to a MoneyTree report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and
DesignWise Medical uses a social enterprise model to develop medical devices for small children.
Effective employee orientation, or “onboarding,” reduces early-stage turnover and boosts day-one productivity.
Ever so quietly, Shock Doctor has been growing annually at double-digit rates for the last decade. But according to Tony Armand, who became the Plymouth-based sports gear manufacturer’s CEO in
Minnesota's Executive Council on Wednesday voted 5 to 0 to kick back 77 mineral leases to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)-marking the first time in nearly three decades
Unemployed Minnesotans could be a hop, skip, and a jump away from a job if they're willing to cross the border into North Dakota. Officials from North Dakota held two
Adam Vickerman brings back Sunday suppers at Café Levain.
Fairview Health Services’ Eagan clinic stands out as a provider of primary health care. Two years ago, it started getting better results—fewer repeat visits or hospitalizations for its patients, a much
“A moving target.” “Shifting sands.” “A lot of moving parts.” “A bit of a puzzle." These are all phrases we heard from employee benefits consultants describing the federal health reform