April 4, 2021

Minneapolis company wants to 'mine' garbage to find metals for EV batteries

The rising number of electric vehicles in both the consumer and industrial sectors means electric vehicle battery companies are going to need an increasing amount […]
April 4, 2021

How Standard Heating's third-generation leader navigates challenges

Claire Ferrara, president of Standard Heating & Air Conditioning, is proof that Dunwoody College of Technology is not your grandfather’s trade school. And Ferrara, 34, […]
April 4, 2021

Foods from afar hope to catch the eye of American shoppers

Fonio, a cereal grain imported from West Africa, was once relegated to the shelves of tiny grocery stores frequented by immigrants primarily from Senegal and […]
April 4, 2021

FDR had the Great Depression, but Biden has Big Data

President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar plans to revitalize the U.S. economy are rightfully drawing comparisons to his predecessor Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But while it’s the same […]
April 4, 2021

Biz Buzz: The Wheel begins its journey as boutique yoga and cycling studio opens in Baxter

The women behind the venture — Jenny Holmes and Dani Sutin — hosted an open house April 1 in their new space in the Westport […]
April 3, 2021

At least 55 of America's largest firms paid no U.S. taxes in 2020

Just as the Biden administration is pushing to raise corporate taxes, a new study finds that at least 55 of America’s largest companies paid no […]
April 3, 2021

A plan to invest more in America from two Twin Cities investors

Shannon O’Leary, chief investment officer of the St. Paul & Minnesota Foundation, was thinking about the vulnerability of supply lines for American companies before COVID-19 […]
April 3, 2021

Schafer: Minneapolis Fed economist explains how modern monopolies hurt workers

Living on a low-wage job seems tough enough, but what’s worse is having no practical options for a lot of the stuff the family needs, […]
April 3, 2021

Pandemic relief has worked fairly well but missed some people, Minneapolis Fed researchers say

The coronavirus pandemic was unprecedented in how quickly and deeply it damaged the U.S. economy, as well as in how significantly the federal government responded. […]
April 3, 2021

USDA sees constraints on corn, soybean plantings this year

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecasts for corn and soybean plantings this spring fell below analyst expectations, sending futures prices for both upward. Smaller-than-expected plantings […]