Business and Economic News

Amid avian flu outbreak, activists decry poultry-killing methods
How to quickly destroy thousands of chickens or turkeys exposed to highly pathogenic avian influenza is an unpleasant problem. Here’s a closer look at how it’s done in Minnesota.
Tentative deal at Capitol on hero pay, unemployment fund
Legislative leaders said Thursday they have an agreement on two spending issues that they’ve been stuck on for months–bonuses for frontline pandemic workers and a fix for a depleted trust fund that will prevent tax increases for businesses. 
Why this economy may be sturdier than it looks
U.S. GDP growth likely slowed sharply in the first few months of the year, but the economy may be sturdier than it looks.
Rochester's Destination Medical Center plan moved ahead despite challenges
In spite of the pandemic, much-anticipated construction in the heart of Rochester is chugging along. But even as new spaces for restaurants, shops and other amenities are built as part of a yearslong transformation of the city, some remain conspicuously vacant.
Facebook shrugs off fears it's losing users
More people used Facebook in the first quarter than analysts expected, easing concerns about competition from TikTok.
Hit with $7,146 for two hospital bills, a family sought health care in Mexico
A dad's COVID-19 and a mom's fainting spell cost thousands, so when their son dislocated his shoulder, they drove him to Mexicali, where facilities rival those in the U.S., and had him treated for $5.
Minnesota's first Black-owned bank opens in Minneapolis
Detroit-based First Independence Bank opened the doors of its first expansion outside of Michigan, in a former Wells Fargo Bank branch near Highway 280 and University Avenue. It is being celebrated as the first time in Minnesota history a bank has had Black ownership.
A businessman who was one of the early investors in a failed professional football league called the Alliance of American Football has pleaded guilty to charges accusing him in $600 million cryptocurrency scheme.