July 2, 2021

Edina tech firm — which helps other firms predict business — closes on funding round

While chief executive at Edina-based technology consulting firm Nerdery, Tom O’Neil repeatedly struggled with finding and using the appropriate information that would help him forecast […]
July 2, 2021

Tesla delivers more than 200,000 vehicles in 2nd quarter

DETROIT — Tesla says it delivered 201,250 electric vehicles in the second quarter as it overcame a global computer chip shortage that has hit nearly […]
July 2, 2021

Power outages hit Iraq amid scorching temperatures

BAGHDAD — A widespread power outage hit Iraq on Friday as temperatures reached scorching levels, affecting millions of Iraqis, including those in affluent areas in […]
July 2, 2021

'Nobody's winning' as drought upends life in US West basin

TULELAKE, Calif. — Ben DuVal knelt in a barren field near the California-Oregon state line and scooped up a handful of parched soil as dust […]
July 2, 2021

US trade deficit increases to $71.2 billion in May

WASHINGTON — The U.S. trade deficit widened in May to $71.2 billion as a small increase in exports was offset by a bigger rise in […]
July 2, 2021

St. Michael company, a big player in its field, sold to private equity firm

The largest maker of concrete manhole cover rings in the Midwest has been sold to Solheim Investment Partners, a Minneapolis-based private equity firm. Eull’s Manufacturing […]
July 2, 2021

Blast at Romania's biggest oil refinery kills 1, injures 4

BUCHAREST — An explosion at Romania’s largest oil refinery outside the port city of Constanta on Friday killed one person and injured at least four, […]
July 2, 2021

Asian shares higher, but China down after tough talk from Xi

TOKYO — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Friday, though markets in Shanghai and Hong Kong declined a day after the Chinese Communist Party […]
July 1, 2021

CBO projects federal deficit will hit $3 trillion this year

The Congressional Budget Office says that the federal budget deficit will again hit $3 trillion this year, $745 billion more than its estimate five months […]
July 1, 2021

Wall Street hits another record; energy stocks, banks gain

Stocks are closing modestly higher Thursday, adding to the gains that helped the market close out its best first half of a year since the […]