Three local men were charged Wednesday in a $1.9 million check-kiting scheme that allegedly led to the closure of St. Paul-based Pinehurst Bank. Two of the men-John Anthony Markert, 57,

Two Minnesotans and two Wisconsin residents face racketeering charges in a complex multimillion-dollar mortgage scam-one that Hennepin County Attorney Michael Freeman said is part of "the second wave" in mortgage

As the state prepares for a looming government shutdown on July 1, Governor Mark Dayton and two Republican legislative leaders will reportedly make a last-minute attempt to make progress toward

Do you have a great idea for addressing the pressing issues surrounding Minnesota's water supply? If so, the Minnesota Idea Open has $15,000 to help you make that idea a

Nearly 1,000 Fortune 500 executives, business school leaders, and future MBA students will convene in Minneapolis on Sunday-and Target Corporation will use the opportunity to network and scope out talent.

It may be a buyers' residential housing market-but a recent home sale in Minnetrista proves that even the most hard-to-sell properties have a chance. A foam and burlap house that

About a week after Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (UHG), lost in an effort to regain a five-year $23.5 billion U.S. Department of Defense contract, it filed a lawsuit over the

Wayzata-based Cargill, Inc.'s investment subsidiary-CarVal Investors-will reportedly launch its first Japan real estate fund in a few months to raise about $500 million to invest in distressed assets. According to

Brooklyn Park-based Egan Company announced Tuesday that it has acquired Minneapolis-based Industrial Electric Company. Terms of the deal, which closed on June 17, were not disclosed. Industrial Electric Company is

Fridley-based Medtronic, Inc., recently received a letter from two U.S. senators requesting information about the use of the company's Infuse bone-growth product and payments it made to clinical investigators. Senators

Sheri Lynn Delich, a former real estate broker from Apple Valley, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to two charges for her role in a $42 million mortgage scheme involving the Cloud

Richfield-based Best Buy Company, Inc., on Tuesday announced plans to buy back $5 billion of its stock and boost its quarterly dividend by 7 percent to 16 cents per share,

3M Company on Sunday filed a lawsuit alleging that United Kingdom-based private equity firm Porton Capital and its CEO Harvey Boulter attempted to extort $30 million from the Maplewood-based manufacturer.

Minneapolis-based tech accelerator Project Skyway announced Monday that eight companies have been chosen to participate in its inaugural three-month cycle beginning on August 1. The eight companies-seven from Minnesota and

Richfield-based Best Buy Company, Inc., is expanding its cloud-based online music platform to the United States, according to a report by Bloomberg. The company's service, called Music Cloud, is powered

Richfield-based Best Buy Company, Inc., on Friday filed a proposed settlement in a class-action discrimination lawsuit under which it will pay up to $10.2 million, according to court documents. The

Small businesses operating near the Central Corridor light-rail line can now apply for up to $20,000 in interest-free, forgivable loans, the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, in conjunction with