May 22, 2021

For Minnesota's biggest companies, share buybacks signal recovery from downturn

When the COVID-19 health crisis hit last spring, Best Buy Co. quickly borrowed $1.25 billion on an untapped credit line, even though it already had […]
May 22, 2021

Minnesota's top 50 public companies ranked by revenue – with No. 1 hitting $257.1 billion

Thomas Oide joined the Star Tribune following his internship there in summer 2019. Before moving to Minneapolis, he studied journalism and computer science at the […]
May 22, 2021

Pandemic's effect not even across Minnesota companies

Thomas Oide joined the Star Tribune following his internship there in summer 2019. Before moving to Minneapolis, he studied journalism and computer science at the […]
May 22, 2021

Target CEO says company taking steps to be 'true leader' in diversity, inclusion

Last month, after a jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty in the murder of George Floyd, Target CEO Brian Cornell sent a […]
May 22, 2021

Being a new CEO is a leadership challenge — try adding pandemic issues

Michael Speetzen took over as chief executive of Medina-based Polaris Inc. on May 4, after serving as interim CEO for more than five months after […]
May 22, 2021

Minn. public companies involved in M&A deals this year worth more than $20B

There was a pause in merger-and-acquisition activity from Minnesota companies in 2020, but it was short and by the end of the year activity had […]
May 22, 2021

At Jamf, one of Minnesota's newest public companies, the stock market has been a roller coaster

Jamf Holding, one of two Minnesota companies to go public in an IPO last year, recently delivered another quarter of 35%-plus growth in recurring revenue. […]
May 22, 2021

For the first time in years, Minnesota has more public companies this year than last

For the first time in a decade or more, the universe of Minnesota public companies has more additions than subtractions. In 2017, the Star Tribune […]
May 22, 2021

Pandemic causes a year like no other for Patterson, other Minnesota public companies

Patterson Cos. was on the cusp of a turnaround last spring when the coronavirus pandemic hit — and with it another bumpy year ensued. The […]
May 22, 2021

Summers of discontent loom for Cross City Trail users

“I’m down here at 5 or 6 in the morning, and I’m down here again in the afternoon — I try to walk 10 miles […]