Record Warmth May Mean Record Year For Some Businesses
March will likely go down as the warmest on record in more than 100 years. That's also bringing record years for all sorts of businesses, too.
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March will likely go down as the warmest on record in more than 100 years. That's also bringing record years for all sorts of businesses, too.
Diversified industrial company Pentair said Wednesday that it's combining its operations with Tyco's flow control business in an all-stock deal worth about $4.53 billion, uniting two of the biggest players in water and fluid products systems.
There was a big rescue of sorts in Northern Minnesota Tuesday. Two big cats from Ohio – a cougar and white tiger -- found refuge at the Wildcat Sanctuary, a nonprofit wild cat rescue in Sandstone, Minn.
I know what you're thinking. Shop IKEA for quality household goods? Yep, that's what I'm saying.
With skyrocketing gas prices, some say carpooling and biking may not be the only ways to lessen the pain of paying at the pump. They recommend nitrogen in tires.
Some in the Twin Cities were treated Monday to a strange sight: bright green Nice Ride bicycles encased in 5,000 pounds of ice.
Few job seekers who fail to get an interview know the reason, but Michelle Chesney-Offutt said a recruiter told her why she lost the chance to pitch for an information technology position.
The mayor of the southwest North Dakota tourist town of Medora is seeking permission for a hanging, and he is sticking his neck out by volunteering to be the one to go to the gallows.
At least three national supermarket operators have decided to stop buying ground beef that contains the filler now known as "pink slime."
Minnesota gained 6,200 jobs in February, but the unemployment rate popped up 0.1 percent, according to figures released Thursday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED).
As pork producers build new barns and retrofit old ones to give hogs more space, they say consumers opposed to keeping pregnant sows in tight cages can expect to pay for their clearer consciences with higher food prices.
We've seen a little bit of everything this month, snow, rain and record high temperatures. Minnesota has seen temperatures from 8 to 80 degrees this March. So, if you live or work in a big building, good luck getting comfortable.
The Minnesota has passed a Republican-sponsored bill to reduce and ultimately eliminate state property taxes on businesses, but which Democrats criticized for shifting money away from a tax credit for renters.
General Mills Inc.'s fiscal third-quarter profit edged lower due to rising costs, but its revenue improved on strength abroad.
For most Minnesotans, the weather good news just keeps coming. But some farmers are holding their breath.
