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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
1 year
Minnesota replaces Texas as No. 5 in CNBC's closely watched ranking of "America's Top States for Business," shoving the Lone Star state out of the top five for the first time ever, landing at No. 6.
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Minnesota replaces Texas as No. 5 in CNBC's closely watched ranking of "America's Top States for Business," shoving the Lone Star state out of the top five for the first time ever, landing at No. 6.
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
2 years
On Thursday, Comcast announced that it will award $1 million in grants to small businesses in the Twin Cities.
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Wells Fargo's economic research finds a positive correlation between a state's economic growth and a strong LGBT presence. The LGBT presence also bodes well for new business formation and per capita patents granted, the economists found
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WCCO radio show host and entrepreneur Sheletta Brundidge was the sole finalist from Minnesota nominated for the award, which honors small-business owners who volunteer their time to advocate on behalf of broader small-business issues.
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
4 years
Black Garnet Books will eventually carry works written exclusively by Black and racially diverse authors and will likely begin online shipping sometime in July.​
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
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Out of 1.6 million flights, 85% of Delta’s planes were on time. MSP, one of Delta's hubs, was meanwhile named the top performing airport globally.
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
10 years
Target opens its first Minnesota liquor store (Photos) http://t.co/RXUpT8tMUx @mspbjHalter http://t.co/xJLekBnCuw
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
3 years
Black-owned coffeeshop opening in North Minneapolis on Black Friday
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
7 years
St. Paul will build $15 million ice palace for Super Bowl:
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
3 years
The Twin Cities is one of six markets that Comcast has selected for its Comcast Rise Investment Fund grant program — which will award $6 million to 600 businesses.
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
4 years
Frattallone’s Ace Hardware purchased $100,000 worth of gift cards from six local restaurant groups as a way to reward its customers while supporting other Twin Cities businesses.​
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"We have had nothing but the best experience in downtown Minneapolis" since opening nine months ago, says the co-founder of Tom's Watch Bar. Now the business is looking to double its outdoor seating capacity.
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Frattallone’s Ace Hardware purchased $100,000 worth of gift cards from six local restaurant groups as a way to reward its customers while supporting other Twin Cities businesses.​
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
2 years
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is suing Fleet Farm, claiming the Wisconsin-based retailer "aided and abetted criminals and contributed to gun trafficking in Minnesota" by selling firearms to straw purchasers
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
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Frattallone’s Ace Hardware purchased $100,000 worth of gift cards from six local restaurant groups as a way to reward its customers while supporting other Twin Cities businesses.​
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
4 years
Anne Doepner is a woman working in the male-dominated world of professional football, and she is now working in a brand new role with the Minnesota Vikings, focusing on diversity and inclusion.​
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
5 years
No backsies: Delta slashing seat recline on A320 fleet to 'protect personal space'
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
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2018 40 Under 40 Winner: Mike Augustyniak, WCCO-TV | CBS Minnesota @WCCO
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5 years
Herbivorous Butcher, the vegan deli and specialty food shop in Northeast Minneapolis, is squaring off with food giant Nestlé over the rights to the phrase "The Vegan Butcher."
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
2 years
The University of St. Thomas announced Tuesday that it will build a $143 million multipurpose arena on its south campus in St. Paul to serve as the new home for the school’s basketball and hockey teams.
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As Gov. Tim Walz’s and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s chief of staff, Chris Schmitter has one of the most powerful and influential jobs in Minnesota government.
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
10 years
Target's aiming its TargetExpress urban format at Washington, D.C. area http://t.co/z61XfDjSVl http://t.co/ebF48ueqnt
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
4 years
Sir Andrew Witty, the No. 2 executive at UnitedHealth Group Inc., is taking a leave of absence from the company to co-lead the World Health Organization's efforts to speed the development of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
7 years
Fore! Topgolf plans first Minnesota location in the northwest suburbs (slideshow) 🔒 @mspbjHalter reports
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
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U of M places 15th in 2017 academic rankings of U.S. public colleges (slideshow):
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
7 years
Gopher football coach P.J. Fleck buys new Edina home for $3 million, @mspbjWilliams reporting:
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
9 years
People to Watch in 2016: Nekima Levy-Pounds
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
4 years
Upsie founder and CEO Clarence Bethea has joined the board of .​
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
7 years
Sun Country Airlines will start offering Jimmy John's sandwiches during flights: @mspbjWilliams reporting
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
9 years
Minneapolis' @tacocatmn delivery service is opening a restaurant, reports @mspbjKennedy
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
4 years
The Minnesota Department of Health has identified four new cases of COVID-19, the agency announced Thursday, bringing the total number of people infected by the novel coronavirus in Minnesota to nine.
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
4 years
Andrea Walsh, the president and CEO of HealthPartners Inc., has been named the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal's 2020 Executive of the Year.​
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
4 years
3M Co. is working with Honeywell International Inc. and other competitors to coordinate the production and distribution of N95 masks, which remain in short supply at many hospitals.​
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
8 years
. @spacc leader Matt Kramer ( @spacc_kramer ) is one of our Most Admired CEO honorees:
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
1 year
Wells Fargo is closing a branch that takes up a half-block of space in a busy Northeast Minneapolis neighborhood.
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
4 years
Target Corp. is reopening its store on East Lake Street in Minneapolis this morning for the first time since May, when the building was heavily damaged and looted in the civil unrest that followed the death of George Floyd.​
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
5 years
Starkey, the Eden Prairie-based hearing aid manufacturer, has been named on TIME Magazine’s list of Best 2019 Inventions.
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
3 years
"I am generally pro-union," said Chris Montana, Du Nord owner and CEO. "If my employees believe that this is a move that they need to make, then they deserve the same benefit of the doubt that I would give myself."
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
1 year
A local real estate investor has plans to convert the Old Republic Title Building in downtown Minneapolis into up to 140 apartments.
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
7 years
Now playing at more Target stores: Background music @mspbjDeBaun reports
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
5 years
So long, khakis — Target now allows store employees to wear jeans
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
2 years
David and Kelly Backes are opening the first Stalk & Spade franchises in Edina and Minneapolis' North Loop this spring.
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
4 years
Frattallone’s Ace Hardware purchased $100,000 worth of gift cards from six local restaurant groups as a way to reward its customers while supporting other Twin Cities businesses.​
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
10 years
Dinkytown TargetExpress store is a taste of what's to come (Photos) http://t.co/tQXALHPKcq @mspbjhalter http://t.co/WhiyQv3iiW
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
4 years
Chris Frogge, a senior coordinator at the call center with the Minnesota Twins, describes himself as “the guy who’s just doing his job.” But his impact reaches beyond his day-job dealing with customers for the Twins.​
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
4 years
A long-time resident and booster of the city of St. Paul, Mayor Melvin Carter also is an advocate of health and wellness, as demonstrated in part by his efforts to increase free programming at recreation centers — and his own regular fitness routine.​
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
5 years
Sleep Number will endow the Mayo Clinic with $10 million over five years to fund sleep-related research.
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
9 years
. @mallofamerica "prepared to use all remedies" against @BlackLivesMpls , writes @mspbjHammer
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
10 months
Gray Duck Spirits has partnered with Dinkytown Athletes on its first beer, a light American lager called Duck Duck Beer, and a "fan pack" of seltzers, with 20% of sales from both benefitting University of Minnesota student athletes.
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
3 years
Construction on the mixed-use North Loop Green development, featuring 350 apartments and 350,000 square feet of office space, is currently underway next to Target Field.
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
6 years
First round of 2019 40 Under 40 honorees include leaders at HealthPartners, Surly Brewing, Entourage Events (Gallery) #mspbj40under40
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
9 years
. @3M is among the most-desirable employers for millenial engineering, IT and business students http://t.co/7cVKrzFgvy
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
11 years
Our @mspbjsamblack got more renderings of the Dinkytown @Target mini-store http://t.co/HGKsoLeud7 http://t.co/yNe2MjVzcL
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
5 years
While public safety in downtown Minneapolis continues to be a concern, some of the companies that have moved to the city’s core in recent years say they’ve been happy with their decision to leave the suburbs.
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
4 years
Mayo Clinic officials said Tuesday that the health giant has enough testing capacity to meet Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's benchmarks to reopen businesses after a weeks-long near-shutdown over the coronavirus pandemic.
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
3 years
The Minnesota Twins hope to bring as many as 10,000 people to games at Target Field for the coming season under a new social-distancing plan, and the team will use its spring training games in Florida as a proving ground.​
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
7 years
Xcel Energy CEO Ben Fowke has been named the Business Journal's 2018 Executive of the Year: @xcelenergy
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
2 years
NextGem is the first company to be spun out of the venture studio at Great North Ventures, the St. Cloud-based venture capital firm founded by Ryan and Rob Weber.
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
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Caribou Coffee Co. built a small empire that began as one shop in Edina. That Edina storefront is closing.
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Shortly after the Saint Paul Downtown Alliance was created, Emma Burns was hired as an executive assistant and project manager. A year later, she became director of operations and now manages the day-to-day finances of the nonprofit's $3 million budget.
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How hip-hop label @Rhymesayers found success on its own terms: http://t.co/99RcKzR7ze (by @schmidtsam7 )
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
9 years
. @3M wins Minnesota contract for health care data analytics, reports @mspbjGrayson http://t.co/GlgqbFCQ9A http://t.co/RAPmgfwUCP
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
4 years
UnitedHealth Group is donating $10 million to rebuild minority owned businesses and support George Floyd's children's college education.​
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The goal of the event, according to organizer Sheletta Brundidge, is to have a conversation and help legislators learn about the unique challenges that Black business owners face.
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
8 years
Wild signs lease for practice facility on St. Paul Macy’s building (story from @mspbjHalter )
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Fan Favorites: Minnesota's favorite professional sports teams http://t.co/CtN9t6mvm4 @mspbjHalter http://t.co/7BQUkBj5Ef
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Are you riding @MetroTransitMN more these days? Minneapolis/St. Paul is one of the few big cities were public transit use is up over the past five years (slideshow)
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New York couple moves to Minneapolis to watch the @minnesotalynx , reports @mspbjHalter
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Hayes served as executive director of the Greater Mankato Diversity Council for nearly 15 years prior to this role.​
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Bill McGuire takes control of shopping center at Midway stadium site; will demolish Rainbow: @mspbjHalter reports 🔒
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2018 40 Under 40 Winner: Sianneh Mulbah, Minnesota Timberwolves & Lynx @Timberwolves @minnesotalynx
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Vikings coach Mike Zimmer's new Kentucky 'hunting lodge' is extravagant (Photos)
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Italian restaurant Zelo has reopened on Nicollet Mall after a nearly three-year pandemic-prompted shutdown.
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
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. @lou_nanne ’s steakhouse opens in Edina and @mspbjHalter gives you the first look. Photos:
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
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UnitedHealth Group is donating $10 million to rebuild minority owned businesses and support George Floyd's children's college education.​
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
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A Super Bowl zip line will have riders gliding 100 feet over Mississippi River: @mspbjHalter has the story
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
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Better Than Ever: Ex-Packer. Ex-Gopher. Still focused on fitness
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2018 40 Under 40 Winner: Alvin Abraham, University of St. Thomas, Dougherty Family College @UofStThomasMN
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
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Minnesota's strengths in the food industry go back a long time. But a new crop of companies are helping make food, and the way food gets to your grocery store or plate, more sustainable.​
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Ann Kim, the chef and co-owner of Young Joni in Minneapolis, took home one of the country's top restaurant honors Monday night when she was named best chef in the Midwest at the prestigious James Beard awards.
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
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Super Bowl zipline will have riders gliding 100 feet over Mississippi River: @mspbjHalter reporting
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
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Despite its status as the biggest homegrown retailer, Target Corp. has lost a significant amount of market share and forfeited its position as the Twin Cities’ go-to grocer.
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Minneapolis/St.Paul Business Journal
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The Minnesota Golf Association has announced its new director following the retirement of longtime leader Tom Ryan
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