Business and Economic News

Judge grants media requests to record Minnesota senator’s burglary trial
Minnesota Sen. Nicole Mitchell is set to stand trial later this month on a burglary charge. A Becker County judge on Tuesday ruled that the proceedings can be recorded by media organizations with some limitations.
Meta replaces fact-checking with X-style community notes
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta says it’s scrapping its third-party fact-checking program and replacing it with a Community Notes program written by users similar to the model used by Elon Musk’s social media platform X.
McDonald’s says it is revising some of its diversity practices
McDonald's says it is changing some of its inclusion standards, becoming the latest large company to announce it is rolling back some of its diversity practices.
Facing rising costs, a Minnesota home baker makes a career pivot
Maddie Gartmann, owner of Garty Goodies in the Twin Cities, decided to put baking on the back burner and focus on in-person classes and social media.
Nippon, U.S. Steel file suit after Biden administration blocks $15 billion deal
Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel are filing a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s decision to block a proposed nearly $15 billion deal for Nippon to acquire Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel.
Biden bans new offshore oil and gas drilling in most federal waters
President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, an effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling.