August 16, 2020

Farmers pay Arizona city official with goat for outside job

PHOENIX — An Arizona city official making $107,000 a year resigned after an investigation found he used city workers for an outside job involving an […]
August 16, 2020

Minnesota records 7 new COVID deaths, 754 new cases

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota health officials on Sunday reported seven new COVID-19 deaths, raising the state’s death to 1,706 since the coronavirus pandemic began. […]
August 16, 2020

Three unemployed candidates for every job opening? The Great Recession was twice as bad

By many measures, including the effect on the economy, the pandemic has been devastating. But for job hunters, the prospects looked a lot worse during […]
August 16, 2020

3 ways companies are surviving COVID-19 era

Q: What advice do you have for companies trying to survive during COVID-19? A: Good question, and one that reminds me of a course I […]
August 16, 2020

GPS, watch out. Here comes China's system

COVID-19 may have left roads around the globe barren of cars, but it hasn’t stopped China from claiming leadership over the world of navigation and […]
August 16, 2020

Attacks, pandemic a 'gut punch' for Chicago's famed Magnificent Mile

CHICAGO – Neil Mehra’s cigar shop just off Chicago’s Michigan Avenue wouldn’t normally share much in common with big brand-name stores such as Tiffany’s and […]
August 16, 2020

New TripleTree CEO sees health care investment firm growing during pandemic

Former OptumHealth CEO Dawn Owens, recently promoted to chief executive of TripleTree Holdings, said the independent health care merchant bank is growing and likely is […]
August 16, 2020

New VC firm to focus on pre-seed Minnesota startups

In his many years nurturing the Twin Cities’ startup scene, Reed Robinson noticed something that has been lacking: investors willing to provide capital at the […]
August 16, 2020

Minnesota companies made deals in a hurry at the start of the year, then the virus hit

Minnesota’s biggest utility, a fast-growing software firm and the parent of the Famous Dave’s barbecue chain kept deal making alive in the state during the […]
August 16, 2020

The ABCs of risk-taking

One of the reasons we admire people who take risks is that most of us are scared stiff at the prospect of taking risks ourselves. […]