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Popularity of resale market in Minnesota spills over into holiday shopping
More shoppers are happy buying previously owned gifts and apparel — for the story, the price or the environment.
Go big or get out? Some in farming say the opposite is the future
Economies of scale are winning, but conventional operations might not be able to keep it up.
Mastercard to offer cards aimed at transgender and nonbinary people
The disconnect between names has had the potential of turning a simple shopping trip into a minefield.
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity builds corps of young professionals
A $55 million capital-raising campaign is going on to help Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity double annual production of affordable mortgages to about 230 new and refurbished homes over the next several years.
Schafer: Trade warriors should heed bloody lessons of the Civil War
That's where the reality of the war finally sank in for Gen. Grant: There wasn't going to be any one decisive action that could bring the war to a quick close.
Wise financial planning is grounded in finding a purpose
We have different goals, values and talents. Yet we share the desire to know that what we are doing matters.
Minnesotans start local version of Harvard program for 'rising leaders'
Young leaders from the Twin Cities, Rochester, St. Cloud and Fargo-Moorhead will gather at the U this week to explore inclusive economic development challenges and opportunities.
You get only one chance to make an impression with your writing
Careless errors in spelling or grammar undermine trust. So does roundabout sentence construction.
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Neal St. Anthony
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity builds corps of young professionals
A $55 million capital-raising campaign is going on to help Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity double annual production of affordable mortgages to about 230 new and refurbished homes over the next several years.
Lee Schafer
Schafer: Trade warriors should heed bloody lessons of the Civil War
That's where the reality of the war finally sank in for Gen. Grant: There wasn't going to be any one decisive action that could bring the war to a quick close.
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‘Palm Beach, Mar-a-Lago, and Rise of America’s Xanadu’ Les Standiford, Atlantic Monthly Press, 288 pages, $27. Les Standiford, author of a book about Andrew…
From Electric Fetus to Target, battle for seasonal staff has begun
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Foreign investment rules could complicate fintech risk
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State tax court says 13 counties must still refund millions to Enbridge
Energy-transportation firm is still owed millions by Minn. counties.