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May 25, 2012
Lowertown plans for new bars, bakery, and restaurants
It's a Saturday morning after a successful trip to the St. Paul Farmers Market. You got your fresh flowers, snap peas, and bunches of basil, but now you've worked up an appetite and are craving a sit-down breakfast that doesn't leave grease on your spoon. Sorry, Mickey's -- not always in the mood to ... More >>
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May 22, 2012
General Mills cutting 850 jobs, expects profitable 2012 [UPDATE]
General Mills was the seventh most-profitable company in Minnesota last year, raking in over $1.5 billion.But the company is still feeling pressure from Wall Street to "lower costs and boost efficiency," and as a result announced this morning that it plans to layoff 850 workers out of its worldwide ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2012
Klobuchar, Franken aim to crack down on oil speculation
Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken are sponsoring legislation aimed at reigning in oil speculators. The average price of gas in Minnesota around $3.73, and similar pump pain being felt throughout the country, there's pressure on lawmakers to do something, anything, to bring prices down.A group of liber ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
Paul Mecurio
Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken are sponsoring legislation aimed at reigning in oil speculators. The average price of gas in Minnesota around $3.73, and similar pump pain being felt throughout the country, there's pressure on lawmakers to do something, anything, to bring prices down.A group of liber ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2012
Small Minneapolis company plays large role in Facebook's IPO
Minneapolis/St. Paul Business JournalChris Meyer's small Mpls company served as a case study in Facebook's IPO.In Facebook's IPO, CM Photographics, a small Minneapolis wedding photography company, served as a case study of how advertising on the social network can benefit mom-and-pop businesses. ... More >>
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January 19, 2012
Investment firms urge Target and 3M to refrain from "controversial" political donations
mmtzjr69outTwo investment firms are urigng Target and 3M not to repeat the mistakes of 2010.The donations Target and 3M made in 2010 to a Republican-run anti-gay group continue to land them in hot water a year and a half later. Yesterday, two large progressive investment firms -- Trillium Asset M ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
Thomas Frank
mmtzjr69outTwo investment firms are urigng Target and 3M not to repeat the mistakes of 2010.The donations Target and 3M made in 2010 to a Republican-run anti-gay group continue to land them in hot water a year and a half later. Yesterday, two large progressive investment firms -- Trillium Asset M ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2011
Fastenal, Winona company, is one of 2011's hottest stocks
A Minnesota company with a worldwide profile had a great 2011, and it isn't Target, Best Buy, Ameriprise or any of the usual suspects. Winona-based Fastenal was one of this year's ten "hot stocks" according to a Slate analysis.
Blogs
September 20, 2011
Minnesota job loss: Made in China
Tim and Mary Pawlenty, happily signing away all your jobs.First we learned Minnesota is taking all the jobs in America. Now we know that China is taking all of Minnesota's jobs. So, A minus B, minus China, times infinity... soon China will have every single job in America.Well, maybe it's not tha ... More >>
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July 29, 2011
Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel is overpaid
Steinhafel has enough money to breed giant Target-brand dogs.Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel makes a lot of money -- too much, says the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal. Steinhafel's $24 million annual salary is the highest CEO salary in the state, according to new data released by the Business ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
Buffalo Wild Wings stock jumps to all-time high
Buffalo Wild Wings has started the summer off with some spicy-hot profits: shares of the company are at an all-time high. The stock hit a share price of $68.38 two days ago, more than 50 percent up from stock prices last year, says Matt DeFrisco of Lazard Capital. Yesterday, stock rose even ... More >>
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June 8, 2011
Pawlenty's massive corporate tax cut is NOT a special deal
He's telling the truth. Trust him.It's the "Truth" tour: Tim Pawlenty went to Iowa and told corn farmers they didn't deserve ethanol subsidies. He went to Florida and told the oldster-heavy state the Social Security and Medicare ride was over. And now he's telling Wall Street the bailout da ... More >>
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April 20, 2011
Michele Bachmann paid Bush speech writers $5,000
Blame the speech writers!Michele Bachmann is a force of nature when it comes to raising campaign cash. She busted all kinds of fundraising records in her 2010 race for re-election to Congress. She hauled in $2.2 million in the first three months of this while teasing everyone with the idea sh ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Bachmann flunks Wall Street bailout history, hammers Obama rather than Bush
Michele Bachmann attributes the Wall Street bailout to Obama, not Bush.Michele Bachmann has flunked American history again. "When he came in as the president of the United States," she said of Barack Obama yesterday in South Carolina, "he decided we had to have this $700 billion bailout of Wall ... More >>
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November 30, 2010
Minnesotans flunk geeky financial knowledge quiz
Photo: whitneybeeMinnesotans: Financial dunces?Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance is out with a study that would have us believe that Minnesotans are illiterate when it comes to financial knowledge. Sure. Can we see a show of hands from folks who know how Index funds work and whether bond in ... More >>
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September 22, 2010
Michael Douglas in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Oliver Stone's sequel lets the bad guys off easy
Blogs
July 29, 2010
Keith Ellison says, yep, there's "extreme racists" in the tea party
Photo: cometstarmoonKeven LawWhat about racism at tea parties?The Republicans, led by Michele Bachmann, are trying to figure out how to co-opt tea partiers, and the Democrats said yesterday they're happy to let the Republicans do it. You want to stand with folks determined to end Medicare, pr ... More >>
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June 7, 2010
Angelo Gordon could mean trouble for Star Tribune
When will Wall Street decide to bail on the Strib?The Star Tribune is among the papers featured in an intriguing look at the potential for hedge funds to further disrupt the already fragile business model of local daily newspapers.The article spotlights Angelo, Gordon, & Co., a hedge fund tha ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2010
Trevor Cook pleads guilty in $190-million Ponzi scheme
Photo: XOZ/FlickrTrevor Cook pleaded guilty today in federal court to leading a $190-million Ponzi scheme based in part out of the Van Dusen mansion in Minneapolis that obliterated the investments of at least 1,000 victims while he lived high on the hog and paid off gambling debts. Appearin ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2010
Twin Cities exurban growth stops cold
Via Wikipedia
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February 3, 2010
Democrats slam Bachmann for hypocrisy on monster AIG bonuses
Those poor AIG executives. So bailed out under Bush by taxpayers. So persecuted. Yet somehow, so much richer today.
Blogs
December 11, 2009
SEC wants judge to jail alleged Ponzi schemer Trevor Cook
For Trevor Cook, accused with a syndicated radio talk show host of running a $190-million Ponzi scheme from the Van Dusen Mansion, the law appears to be tightening its grip.
Blogs
November 13, 2009
The Trial of Tom Petters -- Day 11
Petters made all kinds of excuses while he continued to live like a "big-time wheeler-dealer," "swashbuckling industrialist" with his "Blackberry abuzz."
Blogs
June 18, 2009
Collin Peterson vs. Obama: Minn. rep pulls a win
Our very own Rep. Collin Peterson, the agricultural heavy-hitter in the House of Representatives, picked a fight with President Obama over a financial proposal. And he won!
Blogs
May 18, 2009
Norm Coleman punked by progressives
Yesterday the former senator who refuses to leave got hoodwinked into appearing on a YouTube clip.
News
April 15, 2009
Minnesota suicide rate on the rise, mental health workers say
Is bad economy leading to serious depression?
Blogs
March 30, 2009
Bachmann video roundup: She's still talking
She's still talking and cable TV news hosts love it.
Blogs
March 27, 2009
Bachmann says she isn't "being a kook"
Bachmann reassures us she isn't "being a kook". So glad to hear it. We were getting worried.
Blogs
March 26, 2009
Bachmann No. 1 defender of the dollar
Bachmann introduced a bill that ensures that the dollar will never disappear. Because it was totally going to happen any day now.
Blogs
October 15, 2008
Half-price lunch at Duplex
Bachmann introduced a bill that ensures that the dollar will never disappear. Because it was totally going to happen any day now.
Blogs
September 29, 2008
Bailout package: How the Minnesota delegation voted
Bachmann introduced a bill that ensures that the dollar will never disappear. Because it was totally going to happen any day now.
Blogs
July 11, 2008
Chinese Beer: Policy, a pint and trade talk
Bachmann introduced a bill that ensures that the dollar will never disappear. Because it was totally going to happen any day now.
Blogs
July 1, 2008
Strib: "We have the money, we're just not going to pay the interest"
Bachmann introduced a bill that ensures that the dollar will never disappear. Because it was totally going to happen any day now.
Blogs
December 14, 2006
UnitedHealth Exec Lois Quam profiled in WSJ
Bachmann introduced a bill that ensures that the dollar will never disappear. Because it was totally going to happen any day now.
Unknown
September 13, 2006
The Straight Dope®
Bachmann introduced a bill that ensures that the dollar will never disappear. Because it was totally going to happen any day now.
Blogs
July 17, 2006
Mattson to challenge Entenza in DFL primary
Bachmann introduced a bill that ensures that the dollar will never disappear. Because it was totally going to happen any day now.
Blogs
May 2, 2006
A sorry excuse for grassroots
Bachmann introduced a bill that ensures that the dollar will never disappear. Because it was totally going to happen any day now.
Blogs
April 21, 2006
4/21: Morning Communique
Bachmann introduced a bill that ensures that the dollar will never disappear. Because it was totally going to happen any day now.
Restaurants
April 5, 2006
Neighborhood Values
Who says living on a budget can't be sexy? New Uptown restaurant Duplex puts the date into cheap date.
Blogs
March 15, 2006
Crime blotter: funny money
Who says living on a budget can't be sexy? New Uptown restaurant Duplex puts the date into cheap date.
Blogs
December 30, 2005
Stocks drop into the red in 2005
Who says living on a budget can't be sexy? New Uptown restaurant Duplex puts the date into cheap date.
Blogs
August 16, 2005
Why City Pages could suck very soon
Who says living on a budget can't be sexy? New Uptown restaurant Duplex puts the date into cheap date.
Restaurants
June 26, 2002
Magic Bean Stocks
The enlightened self-interest of brewing a great cup of coffee
Arts
May 16, 2001
Zen Arcade
A new-wave rocker turns into a medical-software developer. A Web site turns into a nightclub. Adventures in branding and reinvention at downtown's Sursumcorda.
Books
June 14, 2000
Dough Boys
At the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, commodity traders are an endangered species
News
October 20, 1999
Reading, Writing, and Revenue
The Edison Project's formula is simple: Take a Minneapolis public school, add some entrepreneurial savvy, and watch the profits roll in. Trouble is, it doesn't add up.
Books
August 12, 1998
True Lies
The Edison Project's formula is simple: Take a Minneapolis public school, add some entrepreneurial savvy, and watch the profits roll in. Trouble is, it doesn't add up.
News
July 31, 1996
What Big Oil Was Doing While You Were Fixing Your Solar Panel
The Edison Project's formula is simple: Take a Minneapolis public school, add some entrepreneurial savvy, and watch the profits roll in. Trouble is, it doesn't add up.
News
May 15, 1996
The Oil Play
The Edison Project's formula is simple: Take a Minneapolis public school, add some entrepreneurial savvy, and watch the profits roll in. Trouble is, it doesn't add up.
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