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A 'leaner' 3M emerges as CEO hands off company to new leader
After spinning off its health care division, 3M forecasts boosted profits this year though will slash its dividend.
Confidence of US consumers continues to decline as Americans worry about the future
U.S. consumer confidence deteriorated for the third straight month as Americans continue to fret about their short-term financial futures with prices and interest rates still elevated.
Target CEO was paid $18.1 million in 2023
The company's profits improved last year but Brian Cornell's realized pay dropped 47%.
General Mills could sell $2B-plus North American yogurt business, including Yoplait
Golden Valley-based Mills already has sold its stake in yogurt in Europe.
What commission changes mean for Minnesota homebuyers, sellers and agents
The National Association of Realtors' settlement, reached in March, is most likely to affect those looking to purchase a home.
Friends split a mortgage, share a home to beat high housing costs
A growing number of nonmarried people are sharing the high cost of homeownership.
CHS and ag co-op Growmark decide not to merge
The two cooperatives began an "exploratory process" early this year.
Ramstad: Minnesota demographer takes deeper look at migration, workforce pressure
Every business owner and executive should read it to understand the consumption, labor trends.
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Evan Ramstad
Ramstad: Minnesota demographer takes deeper look at migration, workforce pressure
Every business owner and executive should read it to understand the consumption, labor trends.
Evan Ramstad
Ramstad: Health care is a tough arena for AI to make a difference
AI models are meeting their match with the complexity of how people take care of themselves.
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Ecolab sells surgical business for nearly $1 billion
Medline, an Illinois-based private company, bought the unit, which makes products like operating room drapes.
Tough question for Gophers donors: Give to the U or to the athletes?
There's a delicate dance of donating to college athletics in 2024. One of the steps is how all parties figure out who gets what and how. That's part of the new world in the NIL era.
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Land O'Lakes delivers a profit for its dairy unit that, like the industry, has been strained
The Minnesota-based cooperative's animal nutrition business is "in transition," however.
Minneapolis-made app aims to be embedded in car touch screens
A Q&A with Jazz Hampton, the CEO of Minneapolis-based TurnSignl, an on-demand, real-time app that gives drivers access to live legal representation during traffic stops and accidents.
Mackay: Asking the right type of questions can help get you ahead
The key is to ask open-ended questions and listen closely before asking a follow-up.
After hiring bonanza, tech workers now grapple with layoffs and disillusionment
Companies went on a tech hiring spree in the pandemic, but many of those jobs have since been cut.
Eliminating emotional behaviors leads to sounder financial decisions
The work of recently passed Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman helps illuminate how emotions can interfere with rational decisionmaking.
Challenging some long-held grammar rules
Do we really need to use the proper who/whom in writing when people often shirk that rule in everyday speech?
G/O Media sells satirical news site the Onion to group of digital media veterans
New owner Global Tetrahedron is named after a sinister fictional company in the book "Our Dumb Century."