March 28, 2021

New general counsel at Radisson talks about returning to hospitality amid COVID

Minnetonka’s former Carlson Hotel Group has been remaking itself into the Radisson Hotel Group for five years and is intent on growing its Americas franchised […]
March 28, 2021

A couple opened a downtown Minneapolis smoothie shop; downtown emptied out but they stayed

Maricela and Zef Gallarzo are heart-and-hands entrepreneurs in a seven-day-a-week fight against the recession that has shuttered an estimated one-quarter of Minnesota’s smallest businesses. They […]
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

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 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

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 […]
March 27, 2021

For General Mills, a quick trip through the grinder of social media

General Mills executives knew last week would be a newsy one, but not in the way it turned out. The company’s planned announcements of a […]
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 […]