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Economy
This day had to happen sooner or later. The all-you-can-drink $1 milk at the Minnesota State Fair is no more. It’s going to cost $2. Read more →
For just a moment — but only a moment — fans of Target might have thought the buttoned-down, risk averse, bunker mentality of Target had loosened up enough to tell opponents what they can do with… just about everything. Read more →
The numbers are in from Mankato’s large air show in June and they’re not particularly good, even though it attracted the Air Force Thunderbirds as the signature act. Read more →
A year ago, Stillwater’s Oasis Cafe caused an online firestorm when it added a 35-cent ‘fee’ onto every bill to pay for the increase in the state’s minimum wage.
The minimum wage has gone up again, but this time the cafe has simply raised prices and gotten rid of the fee, the Pioneer Press reports. Read more →
It often seems as though someday being unemployed won’t be unusual. Those who have jobs will be the ones who are unique.
This seems particularly true in the manufacturing business, where robots and technology are replacing humans, who will be left to do … what, exactly? Read more →
Faribault mirrors the nation’s economy. Things look better than they were, but everyone’s worried about what’s ahead.
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Netflix’s new policy on maternity and paternity leave should be an interesting exercise. If you give people the job of deciding how much leave they should take, will they take more than they are taking now? Read more →
Conservative commentator Ben Stein claims the cellphone is responsible for a ‘stall’ in the growth of worker productivity.
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If there’s something that people won’t stand, it’s the idea that someone else is getting something that they’re not getting — or, occasionally, that other people are getting anything at all. Read more →
There are several elements to the story worthy of discussion: Can the future of the lake and the present of the lake co-exist anymore? What other business deserves a state bailout?
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The Internet should do that thing it does so well and help David and Jessica Daughtery get a job. Read more →
U.S. Bank is asking for a better deal at Minneapolis-St. Paul International airport, where 35 million passengers a year are a “captive audience” but the bank still can’t make money charging people for money. Read more →
Burt — his real name was Ingram — died over the weekend in the backwoods of Maine where he kept bees to make a living after moving there from New York.
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The unemployment rate released every month by the Labor Department is mostly a crock. So why do we still care what it shows?
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