Economy Survey: Midwest, Plains Bankers Perking Up
A November survey of rural bankers in the Plains and Midwest suggests growing economic optimism, in part because of healthy farm income.
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A November survey of rural bankers in the Plains and Midwest suggests growing economic optimism, in part because of healthy farm income.
If you're a smoker who enjoys sampling cigars in tobacco shops, you could soon lose that pleasure. The city of Minneapolis is considering an amendment to ban indoor cigar sampling.
Lockheed Martin Corp. announced on Thursday that it will close its plant in Eagan, which effects about 1,000 jobs in Minnesota, the company said in a news release.
Minnesota's unemployment rate inched up slightly last month, even as employers added more than 14,000 jobs.
Prosecutors say fallen Twin Cities auto magnate Denny Hecker tried to marry his girlfriend when he was allowed to leave jail to meet with his attorney.
Target Corp. is projecting a merry holiday as the discounter counts on a 5 percent discount for its credit and debit card customers as well as revamping of hundreds of stores to draw in shoppers.
Best Buy has joined the free-shipping wars, offering the lure on many online orders for the holidays.
American Crystal Sugar Co. has told its farmer shareholders that this year's sugar beet crop is projected to bring them average payments of $57 per ton.
A Minnesota man freed after more than two-and-a-half years in prison for a fatal crash in a Toyota Camry is now suing Toyota Motor Corp.
Unseasonably warm temperatures and dry conditions early last week have allowed Minnesota's corn farmers to nearly complete the fall harvest.
A Minnesota-based bank has purchased the assets of a Phoenix area bank.
Caribou Coffee Co. said Friday its third-quarter profit more than doubled as a key revenue metric improved.
Ecolab Inc. said Friday it will spend $260 million to buy O.R. Solutions Inc., a privately held company that makes warming and cooling systems for surgical fluids.
With a tough economy and tightening housing market, more and more people are renting homes while they wait for them to sell. However, with it, the number of rental scams is way up, too. In fact, there's one scam that happens daily, according to the experts at the Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota.
