January 9, 2021

Protect yourself from a stock market drop with these basic steps

How will your household finances fare if the stock market tanks sometime this year? The stock market is not the economy. The major market indexes […]
January 9, 2021

Improve yourself in 2021 by improving your writing

A friend of mine collects self-improvement books published more than a century ago, containing wisdom their authors had gleaned long before modern gurus borrowed from […]
January 9, 2021

For Minnesota farmers, 2020 was nothing like they expected and surprisingly profitable

At the start of 2020, Minnesota’s livestock farmers looked out and saw a fairly good year ahead. Dairy farmers had just enjoyed a price rebound […]
January 9, 2021

New Burnsville Center owner with checkered past optimistic about future prospects for mall

Mike Kohan has made a career of buying distressed shopping centers, including the recent purchase of the bulk of the struggling Burnsville Center. Kohan, who […]
January 9, 2021

Schafer: If last week's chaos can't get CEOs involved for the civic good, what can?

The breathtaking actions of the mob incited by President Donald Trump to rush the Capitol Wednesday made it nearly impossible to keep your eyes off […]
January 9, 2021

Lessons farmers learned in the pandemic are already spurring change

There were moments, early in the pandemic, when Joseph Musillami wasn’t sure how the family business would make it. Purely Meat Co., a commercial butcher […]
January 9, 2021

With pandemic driving still down, push is on for insurers to keep discounted rates

When Americans abruptly cut back on driving early in the pandemic, many auto-insurance companies gave customers credits or refunds on their premiums, reflecting the lower […]
January 9, 2021

Key to smart spending is understanding why we make decisions we do

In the song “If I Had $1,000,000,” Ed Robertson and Steven Page list a number of things that they would buy for their beloved — […]
January 9, 2021

Start 2021 off strong with these smart money moves

Knocking off a few financial tasks early in the year can better prepare you for whatever 2021 has in store. Here are a few to […]
January 9, 2021

Squelched by Twitter, Trump seeks new online megaphone

One Twitter wag joked about lights flickering on and off at the White House being Donald Trump signaling to his followers in Morse code, after […]