Brooklyn Park-based Mocon, Inc., said Monday that it has signed a deal to acquire PBI-Dansensor for $20 million. PBI-Dansensor is a Denmark-based manufacturer of instruments for the "modified atmosphere packaging"
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Richfield-based Best Buy Company, Inc., announced Friday that it has hired Starbucks Chief Information Officer Stephen Gillett to oversee its digital operations. Starting March 14, Gillett will be the president
TCF Financial Corporation announced Tuesday that it has repositioned its balance sheet by prepaying $3.6 billion of long-term debt and selling $1.9 billion of mortgage-backed securities. The Wayzata-based bank holding
Srilata Zaheer has been named the new dean of the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management. U President Eric Kaler and Provost Karen Hanson announced the appointment Thursday morning
The economic recession officially ended nearly two years ago, but the percentage of Minnesotans covered by employer-sponsored health plans hasn't increased proportionately as the economy has recovered. Minnesota's uninsured rate
The same Minnesotans who were on <em>Forbes'</em> 2011 list of the world's billionaires made the list this year.
Animal agriculture provides almost $8 billion in annual "total direct economic value" to Minnesota. That's according to statistics released earlier this week by the Minnesota Agri-Growth Council, which said that
Music software company MakeMusic, Inc., said Tuesday it has inked a deal with Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based print music publisher Hal Leonard Corporation. Eden Prairie-based MakeMusic, the developer of interactive music learning
One week after Governor Mark Dayton, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, and Vikings owner Zygi Wilf announced an agreement that would put a new stadium in downtown Minneapolis, backers of a
Minneapolis is showing signs of economic recovery, with more of its residents working, the volume of construction rising to pre-recession levels, and fewer homeowners being foreclosed upon, according to data
A man from Cottage Grove was sentenced Tuesday to eight years in prison for defrauding investors out of more than $5 million in a house-flipping scheme that spread across multiple
Eden Prairie-based medical device firm Osprey Medical intends to go public in Australia. It launched an initial public offering (IPO) Thursday and hopes to start trading on the Australian Securities
The Vikings may not have played at Super Bowl XLVI in January, but the event had a surprising tie to Minnesota. A financial advisor employed by Minneapolis-based Ameriprise Financial was
Twin Cities bargain hunters will soon have another way to participate in the daily deal craze. Select local residents who subscribe to Groupon's daily deal e-mails on Tuesday received a
Robert Stephens, founder of The Geek Squad, has stepped down from his role as chief technology officer (CTO) of Richfield-based Best Buy Company, Inc. Stephens founded The Geek Squad 18
Food & Wine magazine has released its annual list of the country's "most brilliant up-and-coming chefs"-four of whom hail from Minneapolis. Each year, the magazine selects 10 best new chefs
The Financial Architects Partners, LLC (FAP)-a Boston-based estate planning life insurance firm-has opened its first Minneapolis office. The Minneapolis location, located in the IDS Center, is FAP's fourth office: It
Robert Bruininks, former president of the University of Minnesota, has been appointed interim president of The Bush Foundation. Bruininks will fill a void left in January when Peter Hutchinson stepped