March 27, 2021

Schafer: As vaccine rollout makes progress, you can feel the mood change

The Star Tribune’s lovely feature last week of readers’ last photographs of life before the new coronavirus last March shut everything down was an evocative […]
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 […]
March 27, 2021

How a simple diagram can help you focus your career

As an executive recruiter, I often am asked for career-positioning advice. How should an experienced executive make decisions about what roles and industries to pursue? […]
March 27, 2021

A health savings account is the triple tax break you may be missing

As Tax Day approaches, an underused part of many health care plans could offer a chance to significantly reduce your tax bill. A health savings […]
March 27, 2021

Duluth kids' store moves to former Lincoln Park furniture building

“It’s kind of crazy because it doesn’t really feel like that long ago, but then I look at my kids and I’m like, ‘Whoa!’” Joy […]
March 26, 2021

Plan made to refloat ship blocking Suez Canal using tide

SUEZ, Egypt — The company that owns the giant container ship stuck sideways across the Suez Canal said an attempt will be made to refloat […]
March 26, 2021

Rare 1822 gold coin fetches record $8.4M at auction in Vegas

LAS VEGAS — The coin trading world has a new gold standard, after the only known 1822 half eagle $5 piece in private hands sold […]
March 26, 2021

'Treating us like robots': Amazon workers seek union

BESSEMER, Ala. — Linda Burns was excited at first to land a job at the Amazon warehouse outside Birmingham, Alabama. The former nursing assistant had […]