Business and Economic News

Discourse Disrupters: How a science and tech economy could reshape the American Dream
Intelligence Squared host John Donvan talks with economist Simon Johnson about an idea to put science and technology at the heard of the U.S. economy, and transform the middle class.
GM And UAW reach tentative agreement to end national strike
When the UAW's GM national council reviews the deal's terms Thursday, it will decide whether nearly 50,000 workers should remain on strike or if they should go back to work immediately.
He, she, they: Workplaces adjust as gender identity norms change
As more people identify themselves as neither categorically male nor female, some employers are making changes to neutralize references to gender in everything from name tags to bathrooms.
A jury in Wisconsin has awarded $450,000 to the father of a boy killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting after he filed a defamation lawsuit against conspiracy theorist writers who claimed the massacre never happened.
A BBC World Service documentary explains how economic decisions made far from the battlefield were crucial to the ultimate outcome of the war.
Trump touted his immigration slowdown — what it could mean for Minnesota's workforce
At his rally in Minneapolis last week, President Trump promised to protect communities from an influx of immigrants and refugees. But the latest census numbers show a recent slowdown in immigration that could actually hurt Minnesota communities.
Court sends Daley decision back to MPCA over greenhouse gas issue
The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday gave the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency a bit of homework when it delivered its decision in a case involving Daley Farms of Lewiston, Minn.
Minnesota couple take unexpected plunge into online auctions
If there's one lesson that Kimberly Salisbury has learned from selling industrial and commercial equipment in online auctions, it's that people will buy anything.