July 11, 2020

Special session renews hopes for those seeking state money

MINNEAPOLIS — The city of Bemidji has a problem: firefighter training that used so-called “forever chemicals” has left the city’s water supply so contaminated that […]
July 11, 2020

Spending may not snap back after the pandemic ends

With many states reopening despite the recommendations of public health experts, new data show consumers may not be prepared to return to pre-pandemic spending levels. […]
July 11, 2020

Fighting those impulse buys during pandemic can add up to deals later

You may have heard about the marshmallow test, a social science test created in the 1970s by Walter Mischel. Put a marshmallow in front of […]
July 11, 2020

China's stock market is popular again, and investors wonder how long this bull will run

In Chinese stock market mythology, the rarest of beasts is the slow bull. The past couple of decades have brought two fast bulls: vertiginous surges […]
July 11, 2020

Cruise CEOs insist ships are safe, prepare new health protocols

Two of the world’s largest cruise operators insist their ships are no more vulnerable to the spread of the new coronavirus than other public places. […]
July 11, 2020

Biden forges brand of liberal populism to use against Trump

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden stood in a Pennsylvania metal works shop, just miles from his boyhood home, and pledged to define his presidency by a […]
July 11, 2020

Stock market rising on the indispensable companies

The boomers and Xers remember when Microsoft was so dominant that a federal judge ordered it broken up. That year of peak Microsoft was 2000, […]
July 11, 2020

From salons to dance studios, Minnesota businesses are making customers sign waivers

As businesses reopen amid a slew of safety and cleaning requirements, many are asking something new of their customers and employees: a promise not to […]
July 11, 2020

How Bremer Bank churned out $1.5 billion in PPP loans

Jeanne Crain saw the tsunami coming. Like other bankers, the president and CEO of St. Paul-based Bremer Bank could have turned to technology to handle […]
July 11, 2020

Regional theaters grapple with changed Hollywood landscape

Hollywood studios have either put production of their new films on hiatus or pushed back their release dates of completed films because of the coronavirus […]