February 8, 2021

Evers announces new community vaccination sites

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers announced Monday that his administration is partnering with an international health care organization to set up community sites for […]
February 8, 2021

Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, will accept as payment soon

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Tesla has invested around $1.5 billion in Bitcoin and said it plans to begin accepting the digital currency as payment for […]
February 8, 2021

Target activewear brand generated more than $1B in sales in first year

A year after launch, Target’s All in Motion activewear has reached more than $1 billion in sales, proving the retailer’s timely investment in has paid […]
February 8, 2021

Online retailer Boohoo buys 3 fashion brands from Arcadia

LONDON — British online fashion retailer Boohoo has bought three clothing brands owned by the collapsed Arcadia retail group for 25.2 million pounds ($34.5 million). […]
February 8, 2021

Minnesota's Blue Water Farms wants to move walleye production indoors

Blue Water Farms is a Minnesota-based startup with the plan to use recirculating aquaculture systems technology, known as an RAS, to produce walleye and plant […]
February 7, 2021

Out of the riots and rubble, Medica brings 50 jobs to new office in St. Paul

Days after the protests, burning buildings, boarded-up businesses and curfews, a dozen mostly white and mostly male executives at Medica met for their regular Thursday […]
February 7, 2021

How some bets on Minnesota companies paid off for investor Vista Equity

One of the country’s most successful private-equity firms has struck pay dirt recently through a couple of investments in Minnesota-rooted companies. Vista Equity Partners of […]
February 7, 2021

Harvey Mackay: A lesson from Larry King — don't be predictable

I wouldn’t be where I am today without Larry King. I’ll never forget the first time I met Larry. I was in New York to […]
February 7, 2021

Pandemic slowed deal-making in Minnesota last year

Ryan Miest, a veteran mergers-and-acquisition lawyer in Minneapolis, saw a hot year for buying and selling companies cool in a hurry in 2020. The change […]
February 7, 2021

Why you need to go big with business ideas

Q: Why is it important to pursue big business ideas? A: One of the things I stress with my students every year, whether entrepreneurial business […]