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California attorney general investigating Wells Fargo

California's attorney general is leading a criminal investigation into the sales practices scandal that has rocked San Francisco-based Wells Fargo bank.
by Associated Press

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MCAD faculty vote to unionize

Two separate bargaining units approved joining the Service Employees International Union Local 284.
by Peter Cox

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California restaurants launch nation's first transgender jobs program

California restaurants launch nation's first transgender jobs program

The unemployment rate for transgender people is double that of the general population. A new program aims to change that. It's all because of a trans woman who's employed trans people for years.
by Leo Duran

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New gates promise more competition at MSP airport

Terminal 2 is officially opening four new gates, hoping to meet the expanding needs of Sun Country and Southwest, and perhaps Jet Blue.
by Tim Nelson

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Don't look now! How your devices hurt your productivity

Don't look now! How your devices hurt your productivity

Our tendency to respond immediately to email and texts gets in the way of high-level thinking, a neuroscientist says. Want to be more productive at work? Turn off most tech, at least part of the day.
by Lesley McClurg

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What is the future of Wells Fargo?

What is the future of Wells Fargo?

James Koren, bank and finance journalist for Los Angeles Times, explored the problems with bank regulations and looked at what a class action lawsuit could cost Well Fargo.
by MPR News Staff

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UnitedHealth raises 2016 forecast, again

UnitedHealth raises 2016 forecast, again

UnitedHealth Group has hiked its 2016 earnings forecast again after its profit swelled 23 percent to nearly $2 billion in the third quarter, helped by gains both in and outside its core insurance business.
by Associated Press

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Social Security recipients to get tiny increase in benefits

Social Security recipients to get tiny increase in benefits

Millions of recipients and federal retirees will get a 0.3 percent increase in monthly benefits next year. The average monthly payment is $1,238, translating into a monthly increase of less than $4 a month.
by The Associated Press

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Macy's to open an hour earlier on Thanksgiving Day

Macy's to open an hour earlier on Thanksgiving Day

The company plans to open at 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving, with most Macy's stores closing at 2 a.m., and then reopening at 5 a.m. Friday.
by Associated Press

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Target pulls clown masks from stores, online after recent scares

The decision comes just weeks before Halloween amid reports of creepy clowns on social media and public officials' pleas for pranksters to cut it out.
by Hannah Weikel

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