Minnesota Companies Mining Gold From Nostalgia For Decades Gone By
Many of our childhood memories are tied to the things we watched or the snacks we enjoyed. Minnesota companies know this, too, and are cashing in using the power of the past.
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Many of our childhood memories are tied to the things we watched or the snacks we enjoyed. Minnesota companies know this, too, and are cashing in using the power of the past.
Eight teenage girls from around Minnesota got some facetime with some of the most powerful business leaders in the country.
May is Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage month and dozens of area businesses are coming together this weekend for the first AAPI Small business expo.
At the height of the pandemic, the meat processing industry worked closely with political appointees in the Trump administration to stave off health restrictions and keep slaughterhouses open even as COVID-19 spread rapidly among workers, according to a Congressional report released Thursday.
A building in north Minneapolis has been sitting vacant for roughly 10 years. Now, a group of northside developers are on a mission to transform it into a space for the community.
We're learning more about why the largest church in Minnesota is expanding from the suburbs to the heart of downtown Minneapolis.
A recent CBS News poll shows pocketbook issues like the economy and inflation are the top priorities for a majority of Americans.
Airport officials say with re-openings and expanded hours, they need to fill up to 700 positions. Companies will be hiring for restaurants, retail, airline jobs and security staff.
The owners wrote, Sandcastle has been a joy, a beast, and a wonderful opportunity. They say the past couple years have been hard and they are looking for different things in life.
Higher interest rates are making some perspective buyers shift their focus in a hot housing market. The Federal Reserve raised rates by half a percent Wednesday bringing it to a 10-year high.
"It's just that it went up so dramatically so quickly, and I think that caught us all off guard," said mortgage banker Rick Fitzgerald.
CBD products and stores have exploded across the state. Some carry other products that contain THC, like what's called Delta-8. The space was unregulated in the state until 2020. Now most of the products sold are legal.
Despite millions of dollars in promised subsidies, a unit of North Dakota's only Fortune 500 company says it won't pursue plans to build a natural gas pipeline from western North Dakota's oil patch to the eastern part of the state.
"I think people figured out that I have great food right here in Minnesota," said Bruce Waugh. "Everything about the supply chain issues that we heard about are less of a problem when it's local."
Despite the optimism over this convention, there are lingering concerns about COVID-19. Several large conventions scheduled for this year have canceled or gone virtual because of concerns about new variants.
