February 2, 2021

Wall Street's GameStop bug may have mutated; silver surges

NEW YORK — The erratic trading in shares of underdog companies like GameStop that turned markets combustible last week appears to have migrated to commodities, […]
February 2, 2021

Wall Street recovers some of last week's drop, silver climbs

Stocks notched broad gains on Wall Street Monday, clawing back some of their losses following the market’s worst weekly loss since October. The S&P 500 […]
February 1, 2021

Hot January adds up to best start in two decades for Twin Cities homebuilders

Big gains in new single-family and rental housing last month helped make it the best January in nearly two decades for Twin Cities homebuilders. Last […]
February 1, 2021

GameStop saga makes Wall Street an issue for Biden team

WASHINGTON — The drama surrounding the trading in shares of GameStop, AMC Entertainment, Blackberry and other beaten-down companies has suddenly thrust Wall Street near the […]
February 1, 2021

Sale of 18-foot GameStop signs in South Dakota ends in their destruction

The scrap dealer in the Yankton, S.D., area knew GameStop stock was one of the top news stories of the week. Thousands of small-dollar online […]
February 1, 2021

KBJR 6, CBS 3 to be sold to Gray Television

Quincy Media Inc., parent company of Duluth’s CBS 3 and Superior’s KBJR 6, is being acquired by Atlanta-based Gray Television, Inc. for $925 million, according […]
February 1, 2021

Pandemic has Twin Cities law firms stepping up efforts to downsize offices

With the lease expiring in a year, Fredrikson & Byron President John Koneck set out to find a new headquarters, but knew he’d need less […]
February 1, 2021

Sugarbeet leader who had COVID-19 and lost his father to it urges, ‘Take the shot’

Hundreds of shareholders stayed home, but — conspicuously — Kelly Erickson, the company’s lively, enthusiastic board vice chairman, was also gone. His friends whispered about […]
February 1, 2021

Organic industry, from big to small, sees boom in sales during pandemic

“(Organic farmers) were selling everything we could grow and producing more than anyone could remember, with how good the weather was, and it really seemed […]
February 1, 2021

Plant-based milk hurts sales of cow's milk, report finds

“Grocery store shelves and refrigerated cases offer a variety of nondairy beverages with package labels that include the word ‘milk.’ Industry statistics show almond-based products […]