Business and Economic News

What is gentrification? Is it happening in the Twin Cities? And what does it look like for people and businesses in Minneapolis and St. Paul?
U.S. and Mexico reach trade deal; Trump wants to drop NAFTA name
The Trump administration has forged a tentative pact with Mexico on the North American Free Trade Agreement. The next step is to get Canada re-engaged in the talks.
Student loan watchdog quits, blames Trump administration
The nation's student loan watchdog has resigned from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, arguing that its current leadership has undermined efforts to protect student borrowers.
New apple variety debuts at State Fair
The First Kiss apple was developed at the University of Minnesota. It's based off a Honeycrisp apple but ripens up to a month earlier, about Aug. 20 -- right around fair time.
Foxconn casting wide net in search for employees for Wisconsin plant
Foxconn Technology Group will cast a wide net to find the 13,000 workers it eventually expects to hire at its new Wisconsin manufacturing plant, partnering with universities and technical schools and even tapping into transitioning members of the military.
Fad or the future? Robot-made burgers wow crowds in San Francisco
As more culinary robots find their way into commercial food prep, one restaurant in San Francisco called Creator is hoping to strike a balance between high tech and the human touch.
Elon Musk says Tesla will remain public
Less than a month after suggesting he might take the electric car maker private, CEO Elon Musk says "most of Tesla's existing shareholders believe we are better off as a public company."
Manure to fuel? CenterPoint wants to sell you 'renewable' natural gas
The utility submitted plans Thursday for a pilot program to sell renewable natural gas. It would be one of the country's first such programs if state regulators sign off on it.
The United States and China went ahead with tariff hikes on billions of dollars of each other's automobiles, factory machinery and other goods Thursday in an escalation of a battle over Beijing's technology policy that companies worry will chill global economic growth.