Retail giant Target has launched a new website called “Cartwheel,” which allows bargain hunters to interact and shop via Facebook.
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ViroMed Laboratories will begin reducing its staff on July 1.
The value of Minnesota’s exports rose $246 million in 2012, an increase of 1.2 percent and enough to set another annual record; the state’s top export category was machinery.
AGCO, which makes and distributes agricultural machinery, plans to invest $42 million over the next three years to expand its plant in Jackson.
The acquired company, Sensational Beginnings, will function as a sister company of Creative Kidstuff under the umbrella of a new holding company.
Totally Interactive Weather says that its new TriggerEx technology platform will allow advertisers to deliver more relevant campaigns.
Enstratius is Texas-based Dell’s second Minnesota acquisition in recent years.
The salon company reported a more modest decline in same-store sales, but its revenue and adjusted earnings fell short of analysts’ predictions.
Neither of the two local chefs who made it to the finalist stage in the 2013 James Beard Foundation awards program won an award, but four members of the local food industry, including Andrew Zimmern, received media and specialty honors.
UnitedHealth Group retained its spot as Minnesota’s highest-ranking company on the just-released list, and it moved up five spots from last year, ranking 17th overall.
Fifty-seven percent of area residents believe that the local and national economy will improve in the next two years.
The agreement, which the University of Minnesota’s board of regents will vote on Friday, aims to enhance the relationship between Fairview Health Services, the U of M, and University of Minnesota Physicians, while also improving patient care, education, and research.
Holiday Stationstores purchased seven of its rival’s convenience stores in Rochester and plans additional growth.
The local airport was among 29 U.S. airports that the U.S. Department of Transportation ranked by their percentage of on-time departures in 2012.
Nonprofits worry the change could mean that Minnesotans might be less motivated to donate because the current state tax break would be substantially cut.
CBIZ is expanding its Minnesota footprint with the acquisition of Associated Insurance Agents and its 32 employees.
In spite of the protestations of anti-tax activists, income taxes in Minnesota are virtually certain to increase.
The Orvis Company purchased Scientific Anglers and Ross Reels from 3M, and plans to maintain the companies’ independence.