December 1, 2020

Owner of Casey Jones Village tourist stop in Tennessee dies

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Clark Shaw, a Tennessee tourism leader who built Casey Jones Village in Jackson into a popular roadside attraction featuring a restaurant, a […]
December 1, 2020

Event organizer drops BookExpo, annual publishing convention

NEW YORK — The annual publishing convention and trade show known as BookExpo, a decades-old tradition where guest speakers have ranged from Bill Clinton to […]
December 1, 2020

Airbnb hopes to raise $2.6b in mid-December IPO

Airbnb hopes to raise as much as $2.6 billion in its initial public stock offering this month, betting investors will see its home-sharing model as […]
December 1, 2020

Manufacturing growth slows but is still robust in Minnesota

Factories in the Midwest and across the U.S.grew at a slower pace last month and there are concerns that surging coronavirus infections will endanger an […]
December 1, 2020

Sephora to take over cosmetics in Kohl's stores

Sephora will be replacing all cosmetics areas at Kohl’s with 2,500-square-foot shops, starting with 200 locations late next year. The move is similar to one […]
December 1, 2020

US factories grew more slowly last month; index dips to 57.5

WASHINGTON — American factories grew at a slower pace last month and there are concerns that surging coronavirus infections will endanger an economic recovery. The […]
December 1, 2020

US construction spending jumps 1.3% in October

SILVER SPRING, Md. — U.S. construction spending jumped 1.3% in October, the fifth straight monthly increase, again on the strength of single-family home building. The […]
December 1, 2020

Sephora to take over cosmetics in Kohl's stores

NEW YORK — Sephora will be replacing all cosmetics areas at Kohl’s with 2,500 square foot shops, starting with 200 locations late next year. It […]
December 1, 2020

Record year for wind parts helps salvage port season in Duluth

The Duluth Seaway Port Authority will announce this week that 525,000 freight tons of wind-energy components moved through its Clure Public Marine Terminal in 2020. […]
December 1, 2020

Cargill will argue in front of Supreme Court in child labor case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments by Cargill Inc. and Nestlé requesting an end to a 15-year-old lawsuit that alleges the corporations […]