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Water Gremlin to pay $500 fine per day in addition to $7 million settlement

Water Gremlin to pay $500 fine per day in addition to $7 million settlement

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has denied an extension for the White Bear Lake Township company to test its pollution control equipment. Water Gremlin was fined earlier this year for air quality violations for more than 15 years.
by Nina Moini

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Report: FTC approves roughly $5B fine for Facebook

Report: FTC approves roughly $5B fine for Facebook

The fine would be the largest the FTC has levied on a tech company. But it won't make much of a dent for Facebook, which had nearly $56 billion in revenue last year.
by Associated Press

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Trump escapes blame for ethanol policy hurting corn farmers

Trump escapes blame for ethanol policy hurting corn farmers

Midwest farmers and their Republican elected officials rarely miss a chance to shower President Trump with praise when he takes actions they believe help agriculture, but they're now parsing their words over the administration's policies dealing with ethanol.
by Associated Press

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Older workers aren't hurting the economy, they're stimulating it

Older workers aren't hurting the economy, they're stimulating it

Many economists and millennials believe older workers are hurting the job market and killing the economy, but research suggests they're stimulating it. MPR News' Chris Farrell filled in for MPR News host Kerri Miller.
by Chris Farrell and Jeffrey Bissoy

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From the warehouse to IT: Amazon offering 100,000 workers tech training

From the warehouse to IT: Amazon offering 100,000 workers tech training

Amazon plans to invest $700 million to train a third of its U.S. workforce for higher-skilled jobs. The company acknowledged that workers could use their new skills to seek jobs outside Amazon.
by Amy Scott

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Will your job still exist in 2030?

Will your job still exist in 2030?

New research finds automation widening the gap between urban and rural areas and dramatically affecting people who didn't go to college or didn't finish high school.
by Alina Selyukh

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United CEO apologizes for Allianz Field growing pains

United CEO apologizes for Allianz Field growing pains

The CEO of Minnesota United apologized to soccer fans Thursday for some recent growing pains at the new Allianz Field stadium in St. Paul.
by Nina Moini

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‘Tonight Show’ rebate puts focus on Snowbate rules

‘Tonight Show’ rebate puts focus on Snowbate rules

A state agency said it was working with Minnesota’s Film and TV Board to craft new guidelines for an incentive program. Meanwhile, a GOP lawmaker said more scrutiny of a $266,000 rebate to the ‘Tonight Show’ is needed.
by Brian Bakst

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