Business and Economic News

Crookston grad's app links old-world banking, new-world tech
Wemimo Abbey remembers the challenges of managing his finances when he came from Nigeria to the University of Minnesota Crookston. Now an entrepreneur, he hopes to ease that path for others with a modern app grounded in an ancient savings practice.
Analysts predict health care marketplace premiums will stabilize in 2019
In signs the health care market may be maturing, an analysis of insurance filings shows premiums will rise less than 4 percent on average and companies plan to market more policies in more places.
Trump's pollution rules rollback to hit coal country hard
President Donald Trump picked West Virginia as the place to announce he'd roll back pollution rules for coal-fired power plants. But he didn't mention that coal country would be hit the hardest by the health impacts.
Labor Day debate: Does globalization undermine the working class?
Labor Day: Intelligence Squared debaters argue for and against the idea that globalization is to blame for the struggles of America's middle class.
Davis to join MPR News as host of daily 11 a.m. program
A veteran Twin Cities journalist will join Minnesota Public Radio News this fall as host of its daily 11 a.m. program.
Steelworkers plan strike authorization votes at U.S. Steel facilities
The United Steelworkers union said Saturday that its local leaders will be scheduling strike authorization votes, as negotiations for a new contract with U.S. Steel are at an impasse. That includes the Minntac and Keetac mines on Minnesota's Iron Range.