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Marilyn Carlson Nelson and Barbara Carlson Gage are the richest Minnesotans

Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Barbara Carlson Gage: Professional daughters.​Marilyn Carlson Nelson and Barbara Carlson Gage have done pretty well in what's called the "daughter business." The two women, heiresses to the Carlson hospitality fortune, are the richest people in Minnesota, according to Forbe ... More >>

Minnesota billionaires listed by Forbes

Let's consider trading places.​This news makes us want to go out and rent "Trading Places" all over again. Forbes is out with its list of the world's most wildly wealthy tycoons. Itfigures there are 1,210 billionaires in the world, worth a total of $4.5 trillion -- a figure that beats the gro ... More >>

Forbes 400 list includes six Minnesota tycoons this year

Whitney MacMillan has more money than you do. A lot more.​When it comes to the really, really rich folks, few can touch the likes the Bill Gates. The Microsoft founder is now worth a mind-boggling $54 billion, according to the latest Forbes 400 list But here in Minnesota we have some bona fid ... More >>

River City Rebirth

Minneapolis's restaurant scene is reborn—again!—This time with big money and farm-positive ideals.

No Place Like Home

Thousands of Somalis fled when their country committed suicide a decade ago. Now the local INS office has found a way to send them back.

Out of Characters

A Downtown School?