Minnesota Public Radio Picks McTaggart As New CEO
The parent company of Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media has chosen a longtime MPR executive as the second CEO in the organization's 44-year history.
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The parent company of Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media has chosen a longtime MPR executive as the second CEO in the organization's 44-year history.
Airline passengers are getting a little more help from the federal government when it comes to their rights, and it all started a few years ago on a tarmac in Rochester, Minn.
Medical device maker St. Jude Medical Inc. said its first-quarter net income slipped 2 percent, as costs from last year's acquisition of AGA Medical Inc. outweighed revenue gains.
Off-road and leisure vehicle maker Polaris Industries Inc. said Wednesday its earnings more than doubled in the first quarter and raised its guidance for the year, sending its shares up more than 16 percent in morning trading.
The nation's largest fast food chain is trying to take a bite out of the unemployment rate. In Minnesota, that rate is currently at 6.6 percent. The McDonald's jobs will be a help, but don't expect the rate to budge much.
A restaurant with a storied past in northwestern Minnesota will be auctioned for sale.
McDonald's plans to hire 50,000 people nationwide during a one-day campaign this Tuesday. More than 280,000 people had applied online prior to the hiring day.
Cold and wet conditions from the fourth snowiest winter on record are keeping Minnesota farmers from getting going on spring planting.
The Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board has voted to lend $4 million to PolyMet Mining Corp., which plans to develop a copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota.
After a successful year of mobile food vending in Minneapolis, mobile food vendors will now be able to operate outside of downtown, move to different locations and sell food curbside.
The parent company of Birds Eye says it will close its vegetable processing plant in central New York and move operations to facilities in the upper Midwest.
A boiler fire caused damage at the American Crystal Sugar beet processing plant in East Grand Forks but did not interrupt operations. No one was hurt.
Best Buy plans to open up to 800 mobile-device stores as it shrinks its "big-box" stores in an effort to be more competitive as consumers increasingly shop online.
Grocer Supervalu Inc.'s fiscal fourth-quarter net income dipped 2 percent, partly weighed down by softer sales and store closings.
Health insurer UnitedHealth Group's earnings rose 21 percent last year and so did the compensation it gave CEO Stephen Hemsley.
