Business and Economic News

Apple store shoppers to have temperatures taken, must wear face coverings
About 100 Apple stores, or about a fifth of the tech giant's worldwide retail locations, are now open, including storefronts in Alabama, Florida, California and Washington state.
Retail stores in Minnesota cautiously open
As of Monday, nonessential retailers in Minnesota with a coronavirus safety plan were allowed to reopen at 50 percent capacity.
No more watercooler talk and other ways offices will adapt to the pandemic
As stay-at-home orders loosen, people will return to offices transformed by the crisis. Conference rooms, air conditioning, kitchenettes and open-floor plans are all being rethought.
 What’s next for the economy?
MPR senior economics contributor Chris Farrell joins Angela Davis to give us his take on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the economy and answer listener questions.
As the country re-opens, what happens next?
Much of the country is slowly re-opening, including Minnesota. But many experts are concerned about what could follow.
Fed's Powell says sharp downturn won't last
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell warns it could be another year and a half before the U.S. recovers from the economic fallout of the pandemic. But he says this will not be another Great Depression.
Central Minnesota bar owner backs down, says he won't defy state order to remain closed
Kris Schiffler said in a Facebook video posted Sunday that the hospitality industry has suffered enough. He’s raised nearly $175,000 on GoFundMe to challenge the state.