Business and Economic News

5 things to know about Trump's delay of the financial adviser rule
Americans are losing billions of dollars from retirement accounts to excessive fees. The Obama administration passed a rule to stop that. But President Trump has delayed the rule.
Toyota plans $1.3 billion investment in Kentucky Plant
The Georgetown, Ky., facility is Toyota's largest plant in the world. Toyota plans to invest $10 billion in the U.S. over the next five years.
Wells Fargo claws back $75 million from top execs in sales scandal
Former CEO John Stumpf "was too slow" to realize the risk of sales practices, the bank's board says. The scandal also brought a $185 million punishment from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Heads-up: Buses, not trains this weekend on parts of Blue, Green lines
Metro Transit will run buses in place of trains from Friday evening until early Monday morning on stretches of Twin Cities light rail lines so it can complete scheduled maintenance.
Only 98,000 new jobs were created in March, Labor Department says
After adding more than 200,000 jobs in each of the first two months of 2017, the U.S. economy gained only 98,000 jobs in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.
St. Cloud exploring ways to embrace river it has turned its back on
City officials and local partners are looking to reconnect St. Cloud and its residents with the Mississippi by redeveloping a one-mile stretch of the riverfront from downtown north to St. Cloud Hospital.