Business & Economy

US Highway 53 is a main route for those travelling from Duluth to International Falls on the Canadian border, but locally it's a vital connection that ties together the four Iron Range communities of Virginia, Eveleth, Mountain Iron and Gilbert.

The sharing economy is powering a rise of new entrepreneurs who need a different kind of office space. Co-working spaces that foster certain communities cater to that changing culture of work.

Wall Street investors hope for solid sales and earnings reports that bode well for the critical holiday shopping season. Investors have become especially bullish about Best Buy and its future prospects.

UnitedHealth Group is putting up tens of millions of dollars to fund affordable housing projects in Minnesota, and plans to provide funding for low-income housing in Illinois.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has reached a settlement with investors over mortgage-backed securities. The settlement includes 21 major institutional investors.

"When we pull back the curtain now the mess is disturbing," says House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., of the latest revelations. These documents call into question whether contractors can fix the website as promised by the end of November.

The GOP bill would give insurance firms the ability to sell individual plans to new as well as existing customers, even if the coverage falls short of the law's requirements.

Last year, this iconic border town lost nearly 300 good-paying paper mill jobs. The shock has subsided and tears have dried, but the work of rethinking what this company town might become is just beginning.

With its Teflon-coated fiberglass ceiling, the Metrodome opened in 1982 and has since lived up to its nickname as Minnesota's "rec room." With just 45 days left before retiring the stadium, the tenants are getting ready to move out and taking some mementos of the place's history with them.

Comcast Corp. plans to start selling movies and TV shows from its set-top box before the end of the year.