General Mills attempted to bring the luck of the Irish to Wall Street executives on Thursday morning. Lucky the Leprechaun, the well-known figure that appears on boxes of the company's

Golden Valley-based restaurant operator Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc., has landed on a list of the 10 fastest-growing restaurant chains after posting a 14 percent increase in its 2010 sales. According

Four Minnesota companies-Richfield-based Best Buy, Inc., St. Paul-based Ecolab, Inc., Golden Valley-based General Mills, Inc., and Minneapolis-based Target Corporation-are on the 2011 "World's Most Ethical Companies" list published by New

Minnesota's unemployment rate remained steady in February as employers added 1,300 jobs during the month, according to figures released Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).

The State of Minnesota, through the Department of Human Services (DHS), has agreed to pay a $7.25 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit filed by ACS State and Local Solutions,

NxThera, a St. Paul-based medical technology start-up, announced Wednesday that it has raised $12.6 million in a recent round of financing. The company, which is developing a technology to reduce

3M Company on Tuesday announced that Patrick Campbell, the company's chief financial officer (CFO), will retire on May 1. David Meline-who currently serves as vice president, corporate comptroller, and chief

Communications Systems, Inc., (CSI) said Monday that its CEO and president will retire in May. Jeffrey Berg's last day will be May 19, the same day as the company's annual

Golden Valley-based General Mills, Inc., has been named one of the top 10 companies for female executives. The National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) on Tuesday released an unranked listing

The state of Minnesota will get a yet-to-be-determined portion of a $68.5 million settlement that was reached with pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals. The settlement, which was filed last week in

Minnesota exported $4.6 billion in manufactured products during the fourth quarter of 2010-setting a new quarterly record-according to data released Tuesday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development

Another Minnesotan who was charged in connection with an alleged $10 million bank fraud scheme entered a not-guilty plea on Tuesday. Olugenya Temidayo Adeniran, 35, of Maple Grove joins five

The next time you buy an item from Amazon.com, you may have to pay taxes on it. Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton and several Minnesota legislators have joined lawmakers in several

The latest saga in the Denny Hecker case came to a close Tuesday when U.S. District Court Judge Joan Ericksen handed down the maximum 14-month sentence to Christi Rowan, who is

New York-based Harvard Maintenance is firing more than half of its Twin Cities work force-about 240 employees-after an immigration audit revealed that workers were illegal immigrants. The Service Employees International

Five Minnesotans who were charged in connection with an alleged $10 million bank fraud scheme pleaded not guilty on Monday in federal court in St. Paul. The five are among

Less than one week after the Minnesota Department of Commerce charged a Michigan company for allegedly scamming 118 Minnesota homeowners out of nearly $290,000, yet another mortgage lender is facing