March 28, 2021

Biden economic plan to focus 1st on infrastructure this week

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will lay out the first part of his multitrillion-dollar economic recovery package this week, focusing on rebuilding roads, bridges and […]
March 28, 2021

Average US price of gas jumps a nickel per gallon to $2.94

CAMARILLO, Calif. — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline jumped a nickel per gallon over the past two weeks to $2.94. Industry analyst Trilby […]
March 28, 2021

Paris doctors warn of catastrophic overload of virus cases

PARIS — Critical care doctors in Paris say surging coronavirus infections could soon overwhelm their ability to care for the sick in the French capital’s […]
March 28, 2021

As U.S. corporations face reckoning over prescription opioids, CEOs keep cashing in

Steve Collis, president and chief executive officer of AmerisourceBergen Corp., testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on May 8, 2018. Bloomberg | […]
March 28, 2021

Biz Buzz: Finken Aqua Systems renovates building

Work is ongoing in a transformation of the Finken Aqua building at 14370 Dellwood Drive. The plan, in the application by Tom Finken with the […]
March 28, 2021

Nike accused of 'using disability' to hype new hands-free sneaker

The GO FlyEase, Nike’s first hands-free shoe, hinges open and closed, so the wearer just needs to slip their foot in and push down in […]
March 28, 2021

2 tugboats speed to help free vessel stuck in Suez Canal as shippers avoid it

Two additional tugboats sped Sunday to Egypt’s Suez Canal to aid efforts to free a skyscraper-sized container ship wedged for days across the crucial waterway, […]
March 27, 2021

Smith to Biden admin: Restart the study on copper-nickel mining near BWCAW

In a Friday letter to Department of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, who have both publicly opposed mining near […]
March 27, 2021

2 downtown Minneapolis restaurateurs get creative to survive

When the pandemic shutdown began a year ago this month, David Fhima, owner of Fhima’s restaurant in downtown Minneapolis, faced cutting 100 workers and letting […]
March 27, 2021

Minneapolis skyway business owners watch, wait, hope

For nearly 30 years, downtown Minneapolis workers have wended their way through the skyways at lunchtime to grab Chicago-style hot dogs at Walkin’ Dog. Just […]