November 22, 2021

Target to keep stores closed on Thanksgiving for good

Target will no longer open its stores on Thanksgiving Day, making permanent a shift to the unofficial start of the holiday season that was suspended […]
November 21, 2021

U.S. emergency oil reserve is in the spotlight as gas prices climb

A customer prepares to pump gas into her car at a Shell station on Nov. 17 in San Rafael, Calif. A surge in gas prices […]
November 20, 2021

Hey, I want to buy your house: Homeowners besieged by unsolicited offers

Jennifer Folden-Nissen bought this house in 2017 in Duluth, Georgia. Over the summer, a particularly aggressive speculator kept calling and apparently lurking about, taking photos […]
November 20, 2021

Giving up gas-powered cars was a fringe idea. It's now on its way to reality

Motorists fill up their vehicles at a Shell station on July 22 in Denver. Phasing out the sale of gas-powered cars once seemed laughable. It's […]
November 19, 2021

How supply chain drama affects holiday shopping, grocery prices and more

The pandemic has disrupted the global supply chain. Manufacturing, transportation and logistics have been affected by delays, labor shortages and rising prices. And that could […]
November 19, 2021

Magic of Dayton’s building returns with maker's market

The old Dayton’s department store building is open again. Dayton's disappeared in 2001, but the iconic name still brings up old memories for a lot […]
November 19, 2021

The House passes a $2 trillion spending bill, but braces for changes in the Senate

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other top Democrats say the vote on a multitrillion-dollar spending package is a step forward for President Joe Biden's […]
November 18, 2021

Expect to pay more this year to stage your Thanksgiving feast

Frozen turkeys sit in a refrigerated case inside a grocery store in southeast Denver. The Farm Bureau says high demand for meat and supply chain […]
November 18, 2021

Holiday nostalgia: Dayton's project hearkens back to window shopping

The newly renovated Dayton’s building in downtown Minneapolis reopened to the public Thursday. While the department store is long gone, the project’s developers revived an […]
November 18, 2021

Higher turkey prices not a windfall for farmers

Minnesota farmers grow about 45 million turkeys a year on more than 500 farms according to the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. The price of those […]