Business and Economic News

The Trump administration is readying tariffs on another $200 billion in Chinese imports, ranging from burglar alarms to mackerel, escalating a trade war between the world's two biggest economies.
What does the Line 3 approval mean for Minnesotans?
MPR News reporter Dan Kraker speaks with a union leader and an environmental organizer, and takes calls from across the state to gauge reaction on regulators' recent permitting of the controversial pipeline.
Line 3 still has regulatory ground to plow before bringing in bulldozers
Before Enbridge Energy can bring in the bulldozers and backhoes to build its Line 3 pipeline across northern Minnesota, it still has to go through more months of regulatory scrutiny.
Minnesota business services companies surveyed by the state and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis are reporting optimism about their prospects.
Buying your first home in a seller's market
What happens when you're trying to buy a home and the competition is willing to go far above the asking price? It's a seller's market, in the Twin Cities, leaving many first-time home buyers out of options.
Minnesota sweetens the pot to shift cropland into conservation
Using a conservation program started last year, Minnesota is looking for landowners willing to permanently set aside farmland to improve water quality. Meet the Otter Tail County couple who were first to take advantage.
Twin Cities beats out Silicon Valley to woo black tech conference
The first Blacks in Technology Conference picked Minneapolis as its inaugural meeting place because of the region's diversity-minded tech economy.
Trump administration freezes payments required by the Affordable Care Act
Citing a February ruling from a district court in New Mexico, the administration said it will halt risk adjustment payments required by the ACA. Insurers say the move will increase premiums.