December 19, 2020

Looking at child slaves on cocoa farms, Supreme Court may extend legal ground for globalized U.S. firms

WASHINGTON – The allegations are horrendous: Boys as young as 10 abducted from Mali and forced into slavery on cocoa farms in Ivory Coast, where […]
December 19, 2020

On the day the U remembered Borlaug's Nobel Peace Prize, another food innovator won it for 2020

It has been 50 years since Norman Borlaug received the Nobel Peace Prize for developing a high-yield, disease-resistant wheat that saved an estimated billion human […]
December 19, 2020

Region 5 invites cities to join energy, environment initiative

STAPLES — The Region Five Development Commission launched an energy and environment planning and project implementation initiative as a result of hearing from communities in […]
December 19, 2020

Congress stuck, again, in quest to pass COVID relief

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., is at the center of a fight over the last major issue standing in the way of a $900 billion COVID […]
December 19, 2020

AP: States spent more than $7 billion competing for supplies in early days of pandemic

Ray Bellia had a good business before the coronavirus pandemic. He topped $4 million in annual sales from his New Hampshire store that specialized in […]
December 19, 2020

Roers Cos. sees opportunity in changing rental-housing market

As 2020 winds down, Roers Cos. is ramping up. The Twin Cities-based apartment developer is responding to changing market conditions with a national expansion that […]
December 19, 2020

Andersen, Marvin to distribute more than $48 million in profit sharing

Minnesota’s two major window manufacturers have rolled out nearly $50 million in profit-sharing for their employees. Andersen Corp., based in Bayport, will soon issue $33 […]
December 18, 2020

Contractor working on Line 3 killed in Hill City construction yard

HILL CITY, Minn. — A contractor working at a construction yard near Hill City, Minn., associated with the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline project was killed […]
December 18, 2020

US stocks slide from records as wait continues for Congress

U.S. stock indexes are pulling back from their record levels Friday as the wait drags on to see if Congress can reach a deal to […]
December 18, 2020

Schafer: What's behind the big decision Bob Dylan just made

Universal Music Group’s recent announcement that it acquired the song catalog of Bob Dylan was light on details, like how much it paid, and there […]