July 19, 2020

Report: Disney cuts back on Facebook, Instagram ads

MENLO PARK, California — The Walt Disney Co. has “dramatically” slashed its advertising budget on Facebook and Facebook-owned Instagram, according to a report in the […]
July 19, 2020

AP FACT CHECK: Trump bending facts on virus, Biden, economy

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump clung to the false notion that the coronavirus will just “disappear,” made incorrect claims about a top government expert, Dr. […]
July 19, 2020

Thrift, secondhand stores back in business — with restrictions because of coronavirus

Minnesotans can finally bring the piles accumulating in garages and storage rooms to thrift stores without an hourslong wait. Nearly all of the thrift and […]
July 19, 2020

United Properties new development operations leader sees projects advance despite pandemic

Renee Kirscht Rascher, the new senior vice president of development operations at United Properties, said some 50 projects around the country that she is overseeing […]
July 19, 2020

Federal money flows liberally to Minnesota private companies in COVID times

In April, the board of 75F, a Twin Cities energy-management software firm, accepted then returned a $600,000 government loan to help retain employees who otherwise […]
July 19, 2020

FDA approves Quest COVID-19 test for 'pooled' sample use

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has given emergency approval to a new approach to coronavirus testing that combines test samples in batches instead […]
July 19, 2020

'Shadow' lenders can leave college students in the dark

A new high school graduate may take out about $37,200 in student loans for college, according to a recent NerdWallet study. And for many of […]
July 19, 2020

The 'price' of motherhood on employment and earnings for working women

Motherhood doesn’t come without a cost on pay and in the labor market — a price Pettinger, an assistant professor at Minnesota State Moorhead’s Paseka […]
July 19, 2020

The 'price' of motherhood on employment and earnings for working women

Motherhood doesn’t come without a cost on pay and in the labor market — a price Pettinger, an assistant professor at Minnesota State Moorhead’s Paseka […]
July 19, 2020

Workers turn into amateur sleuths to track virus cases

NEW YORK — Jana Jumpp spends eight hours a day updating a spreadsheet — not for work, but a recent hobby: figuring out how many […]