Minnesota employers added 6,200 jobs in February, according to data released Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). Still, the state's unemployment rate climbed 0.1 percent
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Leaders from several of Minnesota's government entities and other organizations have formed a partnership with the Washington, D.C.-based Brookings Institution to develop a plan that will double exports from Twin
Minnetonka-based hospitality and travel giant Carlson saw strong revenue growth in 2011, but the company also experienced some challenging years amid the recession. System-wide revenues-which include sales reported by the
Surly Brewing Company is taking another step toward building its planned $20 million brewery. The Brooklyn Center-based company recently announced that it is seeking requests for qualifications from companies that
Massachusetts-based Stream Global Services will soon move its headquarters to Apple Valley, the company confirmed Wednesday. Based in the Boston suburb of Wellesley, Stream Global is a provider of call
Three top executives at Eagan-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota have reportedly left the organization-a move that comes little more than a month after new CEO Kenneth Burdick
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on Wednesday filed an antitrust lawsuit against Wayzata-based Cargill, Inc., and Chicago-based Morton Salt, Inc., accusing the two companies of fixing the price of road
Swiss commodities producer Glencore International AG will acquire Saskatchewan-based Viterra-a company that Cargill, Inc., was reportedly interested in buying. The companies made the announcement Tuesday, thus ending speculation that Wayzata-based
With far less snowfall than normal this winter season, the City of Minneapolis has spent about $2.8 million less on snow and ice removal so far this year than it
Duluth-based Essentia Health, a regional health care system and Minnesota’s 15th largest employer, serves thousands of people in the smaller communities of northern Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Idaho. (The system logged
From Manager of the Year to the season from hell, Twins Manager Ron Gardenhire speaks out on a decade of leadership, the Twins Way, and life inside the 162-game pressure cooker.
The Rochester-based Mayo Clinic on Tuesday announced that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in its favor in a case against Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. The case dates back to 2004. At
Plymouth-based medical device maker Kips Bay Medical, Inc., said Friday that it will once again seek approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to carry out clinical trials of
Five Minnesota-based businesses are among the "World's Most Ethical Companies," according to a 2012 list recently published by the Ethisphere Institute. St. Paul-based Ecolab, Inc., and Plymouth-based The Mosaic Company
About three months after federal regulators sought to block Graco, Inc.'s proposed $650 million acquisition of Illinois Tool Works' finishing business, they have withdrawn their case that was brought before
Valleyfair, an amusement park in Shakopee, announced Saturday that it will hire more than 1,600 people to work at the park during its 2012 season. Valleyfair said the seasonal positions-for
In 2011, Minnesota's angel investor tax credit program fueled $63.2 million in funding for 113 companies that collectively added 102 jobs, according to a report that the Minnesota Department of
SuperDimension, Ltd., an Israel-based medical device company that has its U.S. headquarters in Plymouth, has agreed to be acquired by Irish health care giant Covidien for $300 million-with "future earn-out