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Business and Economic News

Big newspapers are booming: Washington Post to add 60 newsroom jobs

Big newspapers are booming: Washington Post to add 60 newsroom jobs

After a record-setting year, the Post newsroom will grow by more than 8 percent. Other papers, including The New York Times, have also seen subscriptions soar since Donald Trump's election.

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When residents take ownership, a mobile home community thrives

When residents take ownership, a mobile home community thrives

A neighborhood in Fridley is proving that there's a potential solution to run-down mobile home parks: The residents banded together democratically and purchased their community.
by Daniel Zwerdling

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Seeing problems on the horizon, counties seek delay in buffer law

Seeing problems on the horizon, counties seek delay in buffer law

Minnesota county officials want to delay the state's new buffer law. The law, set to take effect in November 2017, requires strips of permanent vegetation on edge of streams, lakes and some ditches.
by Dan Gunderson

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10 ways to make a change at work in 2017

10 ways to make a change at work in 2017

Labor market conditions point to 2017 being a great year to make a change at work, from asking for a raise to changing companies. Marketplace editor Chris Farrell joins a career coach and a business journalist to offer suggestions.
by MPR News Staff and Meg Martin

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Winds tear loose Vikings stadium panels, again

Winds tear loose Vikings stadium panels, again

This is the second time high winds have torn loose a section of the new stadium's siding.
by Tim Nelson

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For Trump presidency, old ethics laws meet new money-making methods

For Trump presidency, old ethics laws meet new money-making methods

Federal ethics laws were written to cover 20th century wealth, such as stocks and bonds. But President-elect Donald Trump derives much of his fortune from his name. What now?
by Peter Overby

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Mobile home park owners can spoil an affordable American dream

Mobile home park owners can spoil an affordable American dream

Water and sewage problems at an Idaho mobile home park illustrate how manufactured housing communities owned by outsiders are often kept in a state of disrepair.
by Daniel Zwerdling

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Photos: A look at our favorites from 2016

Photos: A look at our favorites from 2016

Great photographs illuminate the people and places we see, and help us understand our world. They make us feel something. They help us remember.
by Regina McCombs

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