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Hormel CEO Jim Snee to retire after 8-year tenure that included tumultuous pandemic era

He oversaw the largest acquisition in the company’s history, plus changes after COVID-19’s disruption.
January 14, 2025
Agriculture

Land O’Lakes CEO Beth Ford will lead immigration committee on influential Business Roundtable

Ford is the only Minnesota executive this year on the national CEO group’s board.
January 10, 2025
Beth Ford, CEO of Land O'Lakes, spoke on Thursday at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis' 2020 Regional Economic Conditions Conference.
Agriculture

CHS profits plummet alongside lower global fuel, grain prices

Commodity markets are in a down cycle, and the Minnesota-based cooperative expects it to persist this year.
January 8, 2025
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Minnesota tech on display at country’s biggest consumer electronics show, with 3M leading the way

Target, Digi, Element Electronics and others also will try to wow the 100,000-plus attendees at the world’s biggest personal tech trade show.
January 7, 2025
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3M tech making it easier for drivers to see on dark, rainy roads

The company’s pavement markings business, struggling to gain market share, boasts the only tapes and paint additives that maintain reflectivity when wet.
January 4, 2025
Economy

Minnesota H-1B workers nearly double in decade as businesses rely on visas more than ever

Mayo Clinic received the most H-1B visas among employers in the state in fiscal 2024, followed by the University of Minnesota.
January 4, 2025
Real Estate

Former UnitedHealth HQ building goes into receivership as loan deadline looms for owner

The Minnetonka building is now empty after UnitedHealth moved employees to one of its Eden Prairie buildings.
January 2, 2025
UnitedHeatlh Group has its headquarters in Minnetonka.
Politics

The EPA promotes toxic fertilizer. 3M told it of risks years ago.

The agency obtained research from 3M in 2003 revealing that sewage sludge, the raw material for the fertilizer, carried toxic “forever chemicals.”
December 27, 2024
Health Care

UnitedHealth Group waives deadlines to complete $3.3B home health acquisition

The Department of Justice is suing to block the deal for Amedisys over antitrust concerns.
December 27, 2024
UnitedHeatlh Group has its headquarters in Minnetonka.
Retail

As General Mills’ market lead narrows, CEO says company must ‘behave like the leader’

As lower-priced store brands continue to gain market share, Minnesota’s reigning category leader is not resting on its laurels.
December 23, 2024
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Arctic Cat owner stopping all production, could sell the Minnesota snowmobile and ATV maker

Textron Inc. had already announced it was halting factory work in Thief River Falls and cutting the workforce; now, St. Cloud operations also will be affected as powersports industry continues to hit bumps.
December 19, 2024
GLEN STUBBE � gstubbe@startribune.com -- Tuesaday, July 13, 2010 -- St. Cloud, Minn. -- ] Arctic Cat's St. Cloud plant. The company recently announced plans to produce snowmobile engines there making them more vertically-integrated. ORG XMIT: MIN2012091320223569 ORG XMIT: MIN1304051542286038
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Texas attorney general sues 3M, DuPont for ‘falsely advertising’ PFAS as safe

The state accuses the companies behind Scotchgard and Teflon of violating the Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
December 18, 2024
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