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Business and Economic News

'We're just getting started': Delta celebrates Northwest Airlines merger 10 years later

'We're just getting started': Delta celebrates Northwest Airlines merger 10 years later

Delta Air Lines is celebrating its merger with Northwest Airlines 10 years after the two combined in the middle of the Great Recession. Delta said the combined companies are the best airline in the world. Consumer advocates are less impressed.
by Martin Moylan

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Regulators approve natural gas plant proposal for Superior

Regulators approve natural gas plant proposal for Superior

The Nemadji Trail Energy Center would be a joint venture between Minnesota Power and the Dairyland Power Cooperative in Wisconsin.
by Dan Kraker

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The economy and the midterms

Unemployment is low. Economic growth is high. Consumer confidence is up. Will the robust economy pay off for Republicans on election day?
by Kerri Miller and Manda Lillie

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Hydrogen fluoride questions remain as Husky reports 300 percent profit gain in third quarter

Hydrogen fluoride questions remain as Husky reports 300 percent profit gain in third quarter

Alberta-based Husky Energy said the company's net earnings are up 300 percent from the same time last year. The company also received about $84 million USD in insurance money to pay for damage caused by an explosion and series of fires at its oil refinery in Superior this past April.
by Danielle Kaeding

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Minneapolis, St. Paul get Bloomberg boost to address climate change

Minneapolis, St. Paul get Bloomberg boost to address climate change

Bloomberg Philanthropies has named both cities to its $70 million American Cities Climate Challenge, aimed at helping cities meet goals to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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IBM to acquire open-source software company Red Hat

IBM to acquire open-source software company Red Hat

IBM will acquire Red Hat for $190 per share, in a deal worth approximately $34 billion. Both companies took pains to say the Red Hat ethos and commitment to open source would continue.

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State of Minnesota seeking consumer info on internet speeds

State of Minnesota seeking consumer info on internet speeds

The state of Minnesota wants to know how fast your internet connections are — and it's launching a new online tool to gather that information.
by Martin Moylan

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Sears suppliers haunted by ghost of Toys R Us

Sears suppliers haunted by ghost of Toys R Us

Since filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Sears Holdings Corp. has been trying to convince suppliers to keep shipping it merchandise. But a growing number of manufacturers who themselves got hurt or watched others get burned by Toys R Us' quick demise don't want to take a chance.
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Protesters in Germany block tracks to disputed coal mine

Protesters in Germany block tracks to disputed coal mine

Protesters on Saturday blocked a railway line leading to a large strip coal mine in western Germany that has become a cause celebre for environmentalists amid plans to clear part of a neighboring forest to expand the facility.
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Caught between Trump's tariffs and tax changes, soybean farmers face uncertain future

Caught between Trump's tariffs and tax changes, soybean farmers face uncertain future

A daunting trifecta is threatening many Midwest farmers' profit margin: wet fields, stubbornly low crop prices exacerbated by a trade war with China -- and some twists from the new tax law.
by Amy Mayer

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