Business and Economic News

Enbridge tax fight could cost northern Minn. counties millions of dollars
A major tax case between Enbridge Energy and the state heads to Minnesota Tax Court on Tuesday, which ultimately could leave 13 northern Minnesota counties on the hook for tens of millions of dollars.
After two years of steep increases, many Minnesotans who buy health coverage outside of their employers will see either relatively small rate increases or rate cuts next year thanks to a state-backed financial safety net for insurers, officials said Monday.
Flyover: What's the American job worth?
We're talking jobs this week on Flyover. Specifically, tax breaks and other government incentives given to private companies to bring jobs to your communities.
Health secretary Price resigns amid travel investigations
Price, who earned a reputation in the House as a budget hawk critical of government waste, resigned Friday after President Trump criticized him for chartering flights on private jets.
Immigrants line up to renew work permits as program ends
After a looming Oct. 5 deadline, no one else can renew under a program that has let nearly 800,000 immigrants brought to the United States as children work even though they lack legal papers.
A Friday statement from the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago says the suspects made nearly $900,000 in illegal profits buying shares in Life Time Fitness Inc. earlier in 2015.
Business executive Susan Marvin on values and purpose
A talk by longtime Marvin Companies executive Susan Marvin. The company is headquartered in Warroad, six miles from the Canadian border, and Susan Marvin believes it's important to keep a healthy and vital rural America.
2 top execs leave medical marijuana manufacturer LeafLine Labs
LeafLine Labs said its chief medical officer and chief financial officer have left the company, effective Thursday, the company's CEO said in a statement.
Equifax promises a new lifetime service, as new leader offers an apology
The company's interim CEO promises to "let consumers easily lock and unlock access to their Equifax credit files." The service would be "offered free, for life."
'Playboy' founder Hugh Hefner, champion of free speech and 'smut', dies at 91
Hefner's magazine was blamed for (or credited with) setting off a cultural revolution in America, but within a few years he was branded a male chauvinist.