Business and Economic News

Minnesota ranks fifth in the nation for student debt, and fourth for its proportion of students shouldering college debt loads.
'He had a great eye for a story'
NPR's Philip Reeves remembers Zabihullah Tamanna, a brave Afghan journalist who brought compassion to his work. Tamanna was killed along with NPR photojournalist David Gilkey in Afghanistan on Sunday.
Bird flu gone for a year, but mystery remains
Minnesota has been free of bird flu for a year. The virus cost the state economy an estimated $650 million. Poultry producers are recovering from the outbreak, but exactly how the disease spread remains a mystery.