April 12, 2021

Bloomington tech company Avtex acquired in $490M deal

Avtex Solutions, a Bloomington-based customer experience technology company, has been acquired for $490 million. TTEC Holdings Inc., a global customer experience tech company based in […]
April 12, 2021

White House grades states' infrastructure as it pushes bill

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden wants Congress to know he’s sincere about cutting a deal on infrastructure, but the White House is also highlighting needed […]
April 12, 2021

Stocks end slightly below latest record highs as tech slips

Stocks ended just below the latest record highs they hit last week as technology companies slipped. The S&P 500 edged down less than 0.1% Monday […]
April 12, 2021

Lin-Manuel Miranda, mayor open new Times Square vaccine site

NEW YORK — “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda joined New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday at the grand opening of a Times Square […]
April 12, 2021

Wisconsin justices weigh sweeping environmental cases

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard a pair of far-reaching environmental lawsuits on Monday that could define the limits of factory farming and […]
April 12, 2021

German sensor maker plans June construction launch for $100 million Bloomington campus

German sensor maker Sick Inc. will break ground in June on a $100 million technology campus in Bloomington that the company plans to build in […]
April 12, 2021

Justices to hear arguments in sweeping environmental cases

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court was set to hear oral arguments Monday in a pair of far-reaching environmental lawsuits that could define state […]
April 12, 2021

Czech foreign minister fired in government reshuffle

PRAGUE — Czech Republic’s foreign minister was fired Monday in a government reshuffle less than six months before the parliamentary election. The move came after […]
April 12, 2021

UK lobbying scandal snares ex-PM Cameron; govt starts probe

LONDON — The controversy over former British Prime Minister David Cameron’s lobbying on behalf of a now-bankrupt financial services firm deepened Monday as the government […]
April 12, 2021

Ameriprise buys BMO's European asset management business for $845M

Ameriprise Financial announced this morning that it plans to acquire the Europe, Middle East and Africa asset management business of BMO Financial Group for about […]