May 16, 2021

Tech Savvy: Apple AirTags help locate lost items

Whether it be forgetfulness due to old age, multitasking one too many things or rushing around in today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to forget the […]
May 16, 2021

Minneapolis friends create video app that connects drivers with lawyers during traffic stops

Minneapolis attorney Jazz Hampton participated in peaceful protests last year calling for racial justice and justice for George Floyd, who was killed by a Minneapolis […]
May 15, 2021

Minnesota family-owned company will build one-third of U.S. wind projects this year

Just off the main drag in Avon, a sleepy town in the middle of Stearns County, is a fourth-generation company steeped in experience building the […]
May 15, 2021

Minnesota family-owned company on track to build third of U.S. wind projects this year

Just off the main drag in Avon, a sleepy town in the middle of Stearns County, is a fourth-generation company steeped in experience building the […]
May 15, 2021

Death of Chicago's grain options pits hits traders as crop prices soar

U.S. grain brokers lamented CME Group Inc.’s decision to permanently end open-outcry options trading, saying that pit traders could help navigate volatile markets. The owner […]
May 15, 2021

Sen. Amy Klobuchar sparks new debate on business competition

In her new book “Antitrust,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar recounts a conversation in Albert Lea with a retired farmer’s wife who approached Klobuchar to say she […]
May 15, 2021

Rosenthal Interiors moves flagship to Minnetonka from downtown Minneapolis

The Rosenthal Interiors showroom, the last of the independent furniture stores in downtown Minneapolis and a fixture in the heart of the city since 1895, […]
May 15, 2021

Schafer: Workplace can't be just about work, so employees need an outlet

An internal memo from founder and CEO Tobi Lütke of the thriving Canadian software firm Shopify leaked last week. It would be easy to poke […]
May 15, 2021

Yale investment legend's advice for ordinary investors is good as gold

David Swensen was hardly a household name. Yet he was a legend among professional investors. Swensen ran Yale University’s endowment since 1985 and he earned […]
May 15, 2021

How should you prepare for proposed tax changes?

Eighth-grade chemistry was not very memorable except for two things: our teacher said worsh instead of wash and we had a project called “sludge” where […]