Business and Economic News

$15M dispute over Vikings stadium costs nearing deal
The financial dispute over cost overruns at the Minnesota Vikings stadium is nearing a settlement.
New Mpls. Fed chief: U.S. should look at breaking up biggest banks
Neel Kashkari sent shock waves through the financial world on Tuesday in his first speech as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
The Terminal 1 checkpoint is part of a years-long overhaul designed to get travelers to their planes faster.
Demand for I.T. workers may offer a way to close jobs gap
Strong demand for people with information technology skills could help shrink the gap in employment and wages between whites and minorities in Minnesota.
'Narconomics': How drug cartels operate like Walmart
Reporter Tom Wainwright says cartels that control the region's drug trade use business models that are surprisingly similar to those of big-box stores and franchises.
Thousands of Twin Cities janitors will walk off the job after their contract deadline passed Sunday night.
A 'collision of visions' over Sand Prairie logging
Two views of the same scene are part of a collision of visions at the end of a long road near where the Zumbro River enters the Mississippi River near Kellogg.
Deep in winter, Duluth's ship repair season hums
Great Lakes ship owners are investing more than $100 million this winter to upgrade vessels. But finishing by spring takes "swat teams" of workers and a ballet of cranes. Here's how it's done.
St. Cloud waitress has 65 years of experience
Clara Riley started waitressing when she was a 16-year-old. She's now 81.