Business and Economic News

Navigating the multigenerational workplace
It’s likely that four different generations of people work in your office — baby boomers, Gen X, millennials and Gen Z. How’s that working out for you? Are there tensions? Or are your differences making your workplace more dynamic? Guest host Chris Farrell leads a conversation about the multigenerational workplace.
Minnesota's newest agricultural specialty: Crickets?
Pat and Madeline Revier run Revier Family Farms in Moorhead, Minn., where they raise over a million crickets for human and animal consumption. They told host Cathy Wurzer about their story and the versatility and sustainability of crickets as a protein source, and they even shared a recipe for chocolate chip cookies — made with cricket flour.
‘Great Resignation' will force employers to be more flexible
Americans are quitting their jobs at a record pace. Some people are retiring early. Others are switching careers. Employers are having to change up their worker recruiting and retention strategies.
U.S. consumer prices soared 6.8% in past year, most since 1982
Prices for U.S. consumers jumped 6.8 percent in November compared with a year earlier as surging costs for food, energy, housing and other items left Americans enduring their highest annual inflation rate since 1982.
Minnesota regulators OK rate hikes for Xcel customers
The state Public Service Commission issued a news release Thursday saying the utility had asked to increase electric rates by 9.4 percent and natural gas rates by 4.9 percent.
Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, faced off with senators angry over revelations of how the photo-sharing platform can harm some young users and demanding that the company commit to making changes.
Starbucks workers decide whether to form first U.S. union
Voting is ending at three stores around Buffalo, N.Y. Starbucks had flown in executives to the area and asked federal officials to delay the ballot count.