Minnesota manufacturers exported $4.3 billion worth of goods out of the country in the second quarter of 2010-a 19 percent increase from the same period in 2009 and another sign

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a civil complaint on Tuesday accusing a local attorney of defrauding investors in a real estate lending fund by not disclosing that

With four regular-season games left, the Minnesota Twins announced Wednesday that the team has surpassed its all-time, single-season annual attendance record and passed the 3 million mark. The achievements come

Xcel Energy, Inc.'s Black Dog facility in Burnsville has been closed after an explosion occurred at the plant on Tuesday morning, resulting in a small fire. Company spokesman Tom Hoen

The Urgency Room-an alternative to hospital-based emergency rooms (ERs)-will open its doors on October 4 in Woodbury. And its founders have ambitious plans to open three to five more locations

Another of former auto mogul Denny Hecker's associates faces federal charges related to Hecker's fraud case. According to court documents filed Friday, former employee James Carl Gustafson has been charged

Apex International announced last week that it is in the process of expanding both its facilities and its workforce to support recent growth. The Chaska-based contract manufacturer of personal care

The Minnesota business owner who wrote a letter of intent to purchase Brookdale Mall earlier this year said that he plans to submit an offer "in the range" of the

Medtronic, Inc., has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Integrity Coronary Stent System, the Fridley-based medical device maker said Monday. The new stent uses

A Fridley woman filed a copyright infringement suit in U.S. District Court in Minnesota on Friday alleging that Kohl's Corporation copied one of her T-shirt designs. Heidi Panelli, who sells

Minnesota business owners and managers are blaming taxes and health care issues for the state's slow progress in economic recovery, according to the seventh annual Minnesota Business Barometer Survey. The

New Brighton-based Risdall Marketing Group announced Tuesday that the company has created a new division called Risdall Henn Direct-to-Market (RHDM). Direct-to-consumer pioneer Dale Henn has been named president of the

The Minnesota Department of Commerce said Monday that it has fined a New York insurance company $100,000 for allegedly using deceptive advertising to sell at least 1,500 unapproved insurance plans

Christopher Destasio, a 42-year-old man from Minneapolis, pleaded guilty Friday to one count of wire fraud as part of a scheme through which he defrauded Sprint Nextel of nearly $145,000,

Minnesota's personal income growth trailed much of the country in the second quarter, according to a report released Monday by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Minnesota's total personal income

Between 2000 and 2009, Minneapolis' population increased by only 2,631 people-or about 0.7 percent-to 385,378, according to revised U.S. Census figures released earlier this month. Minneapolis shed residents between 2000

NexGen Digital, Inc., announced last week that it plans to expand to nine cities in the United States-including Minneapolis. In addition to Minneapolis, the Irvine, California-based company said that it

Friedman, who is the current chair of the University of Minnesota's department of pediatrics, was named vice president for health sciences and dean of the Unviersity's Medical School last week