The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) on Tuesday unveiled four small-business funding programs that will collectively receive up to $15.4 million. The four new programs are part
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Ceridian Corporation said Thursday that it has appointed former Capella Education Company CFO Lois M. Martin to the same role, effective Wednesday. As chief financial officer of the Bloomington-based global
The next time you're in the cereal aisle at the grocery store, you'll see some new products alongside the bright yellow Cheerios box-and General Mills is banking on the fact
Taconite mining, long a key industry in northern Minnesota's Iron Range, showed significant signs of progress in 2010, and it continued to improve in 2011. Taconite mining continued at or
St. Jude Medical, Inc., announced Wednesday that it plans to double the size of its Plymouth facility, which houses part of its cardiovascular division. The Little Canada-based medical-device maker said
Despite launching various discounts and promotions in an attempt to capture significant sales during the holiday season, Target Corporation's December sales failed to meet both company and Wall Street expectations.
Hours after Bloomingdale's said Wednesday that it will close its Mall of America store, the Bloomington mega mall announced that it will add at least four "major international fashion-forward" retailers
Whitebox Advisors, LLC, a Minneapolis-based hedge fund manager, is making its first foray into products that are available to retail investors through the launch of two alternative mutual funds. The
Conservative Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann on Wednesday announced that she has ended her presidential campaign. The news came after Bachmann finished in sixth place at Tuesday's Republican caucuses in Iowa.
3M Company announced Tuesday that it has agreed to buy the office and consumer products business of Pasadena, California-based Avery Dennison Corporation for $550 million in cash. Maplewood-based 3M, which
Anytime Fitness, LLC, recently made its debut in the Middle East. The first of several planned club locations in the state of Qatar opened Sunday, the Hastings-based fitness chain said
At least four local office towers were sold in December in transactions totaling about $184 million, the Star Tribune recently reported, citing Hennepin County records. Those just-closed deals involved: Two
Granite City Food & Brewery, Ltd., recently announced that it has completed its purchase of the assets of four Cadillac Ranch All American Bar & Grill restaurants. The St. Louis
Masu Sushi & Robata, a relatively new player in the Twin Cities dining scene, has plans to open a second location-in the Mall of America. Mpls.St.Paul magazine reports that Masu
The Metropolitan Council will spend $1.2 million on a marketing campaign that will attempt to lure customers to struggling businesses along the Central Corridor light-rail line, according to a Star
An extended unemployment benefits program will be phased out in Minnesota because the state's average unemployment rate during the past three months fell below 6.5 percent, the Minnesota Department of
As the temperature decreases, those who live or work in downtown Minneapolis have a new skyway to help protect them from the cold weather. Los Angeles-based commercial real estate firm
It was 2006 when Ford Motor Company announced that it would shutter its St. Paul plant-but many of the plant's workers were slow to prepare for layoffs and begin the