Funding for Minnesota-based tech start-ups is not as scare as many think, according to a report released Monday by TECHdotMN. According to TECHdotMN-a local technology Web site-more than 20 tech

A Target Corporation executive on Tuesday said that the company's previously announced plans to expand into Canada could help it dramatically increase revenue and nearly double earnings within about six

3M Company, Inc., has won the Energy Star Sustained Excellence Award for seven consecutive years-giving it more wins than any other company. The awards are presented annually by the U.S.

The parent company of Kemps, LLC, has agreed to sell the St. Paul-based ice cream, milk, and yogurt maker. HP Hood, LLC-a Lynnfield, Massachusetts-based company that has owned Kemps since

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) overpaid as much as $3.2 million in federal unemployment benefits during the fiscal year that ended in June, according to a

The Twin Cities real estate market took another dip in March as pending sales fell 17.6 percent and home prices fell 15.2 percent, according to a monthly report released Tuesday

OptumHealth, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, Inc., has signed a definitive agreement to buy Logistics Health, Inc. (LHI), a LaCrosse, Wisconsin-based health care management company. The deal is subject to

Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc., reported record earnings of $448 million for its fiscal year that ended in November-up 12 percent from 2009. The privately held, Red Wing-based company attributes

Fridley-based Medtronic, Inc., is facing challenges from regulators over two of its spinal products-one that failed to gain approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and another that

In 2008, Doris Taylor made headlines around the world and was lauded as a brilliant scientist whose research could change the face of medicine-but last July, she was quietly removed

Local Wal-Mart customers who were disappointed to see some region-specific items taken off the store's shelves may see their favorite items return as part of a national effort to re-establish

Prominent local businessman and philanthropist Edward Jay Phillips, known to his friends as Eddie, died on Friday. A report by the Star Tribune, which includes comments from Edward's son Dean

St. Louis Park-based Allied Interstate, LLC, last week agreed to pay $90,000 to the State of Oregon and end "abusive" practices that have led to nearly 200 complaints. According to

Plymouth-based The Mosaic Company moved one step closer to becoming fully operational at its South Meade, Florida, mine after an appeals court ruled that a preliminary injunction issued against the

Planners from the City of St. Paul are considering a proposed retail development at the site of a former car dealership, but plans for a pawn shop at the shopping

UnitedHealth Group, Inc., on Monday announced that it will unify its health services businesses under one brand: Optum. The brand will encompass the company's three health services divisions-OptumHealth; Ingenix, which