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October 13, 2015 8:04 AM

Twitter purging 336 workers as new CEO slashes costs

The cutbacks announced Tuesday translate into about 8 percent of Twitter's workforce of 4,100 people.

by The Associated Press

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October 13, 2015 5:50 AM

World's biggest beer makers agree to join forces

SABMiller accepted in principle an improved takeover bid from Anheuser Busch InBev. The new company would control nearly a third of the global beer market.

by The Associated Press

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October 13, 2015 4:00 AM

St. Paul officials want soccer stadium talks kept in dark

St. Paul leaders and the Metropolitan Council are trying to limit disclosure of information related to a potential Major League Soccer stadium. One expert says the city's secrecy arguments are weak.

by Curtis Gilbert

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October 12, 2015 4:13 PM

UCare lays off 200 after losing state health business

The health insurer said the state's decision to pull its MinnesotaCare and Medicaid contracts is forcing it to slash more than 25 percent of its workforce.

by MPR News Staff

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October 12, 2015 4:05 PM

What happens when big food companies buy 'natural' food brands

Perdue Farms, a big poultry producer based in Maryland, bought Niman Ranch, which started as an idealistic group of farmers protesting against companies like Perdue. What happens next?

by Dan Charles

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October 12, 2015 1:35 PM

Kieran Folliard on turning an idea into an enterprise

Chris Farrell's "Conversations on the Creative Economy" series begins its second season with Irish immigrant and serial entrepreneur Kieran Folliard, who shares practical and entertaining insights on how to turn an idea into an enterprise. Among his ventures are pubs, restaurants and 2 Gingers Irish Whiskey.

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October 12, 2015 12:42 PM

If it were a movie, 'Oregon Pot' would be no. 4 at the box office

If legal marijuana were a movie, the $11 million that's estimated to have been spent during Oregon's first week of sales would place it fourth on the latest list of U.S. weekend box-office receipts.

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October 12, 2015 6:29 AM

Nobel in economics awarded to Princeton professor

Angus Deaton won the prize "for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare."

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October 12, 2015 5:47 AM

A spooky tale in time for Halloween: Weather cuts into pumpkin crop

Heavy rains have damaged much of the crop in the Midwest. Canned pumpkin giant Libby's says there should be enough to fill your pies for Thanksgiving, but after that, things will be tight.

by Kaomi Goetz