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The coming brain drain

Bob Collins February 10, 2011, 11:18 AM Feb 10, 2011

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The ‘best and the brightest’ may not necessarily be the ones who were born here, and increasingly, they’re not the ones staying here.

A little prayer for Bernanke

Bob Collins February 9, 2011, 10:33 AM Feb 9, 2011

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Bernanke went to Capitol Hill today to say what he and his predecessor have been saying for several years now: It’ll be several more years before things get back to what used to be normal.

Mapping foreclosures

Bob Collins January 28, 2011, 2:53 PM Jan 28, 2011

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Google Maps has been tracking foreclosed houses for sale for a few years now, but more recently has made its application a little more robust as a way to show the pattern of foreclosures in particular neighborhoods.

Air continues to leak out of housing market

Bob Collins January 25, 2011, 4:18 PM Jan 25, 2011

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The recovery in the resale price of homes in the Twin Cities last year apparently was a mirage.

Has stimulus money helped the Minnesota economy?

Bob Collins January 24, 2011, 11:37 AM Jan 24, 2011

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Like the stimulus program itself, there’s a little something for everyone in an investigation of what the stimulus program has brought to Minnesota and individual counties here.

Is high-tech business friendly?

Bob Collins January 18, 2011, 11:28 AM Jan 18, 2011

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The growth in high-tech jobs appears to have little to do with taxes.

Sign wars: What’s your sign?

Bob Collins January 18, 2011, 10:15 AM Jan 18, 2011

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What sign would you post to counter Wisconsin’s ‘open for business’ signs at the state’s borders?

Is there a relationship between presidents and gasoline prices?

Bob Collins January 7, 2011, 4:00 PM Jan 7, 2011

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The latest contention from the free-market universe is a comparison of the first two years of presidential terms on gasoline prices.

The unemployed: Moira gets a gig

Bob Collins January 6, 2011, 4:04 PM Jan 6, 2011

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One of the people profiled in News Cut’s series has gotten a job.

Battle continues in home loan modification effort

Bob Collins January 5, 2011, 2:13 PM Jan 5, 2011

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Trying to get a bank to renegotiate a mortgage to prevent foreclosure is an exasperating experience.

Homeless man gets job, house

Bob Collins January 5, 2011, 11:43 AM Jan 5, 2011

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The Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team has hired the Internet sensation fulltime and, he says, given him a house.

The optimism gap

Bob Collins January 4, 2011, 10:06 AM Jan 4, 2011

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Are we more glum about the future because we are connected to more information that tells us we should be glum about the future?

Is water the next oil?

Bob Collins January 3, 2011, 3:29 PM Jan 3, 2011

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People are moving into areas where there’s no water.

What the airline-online reservation war means

Bob Collins January 3, 2011, 10:58 AM Jan 3, 2011

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This is the kind of thing that could put travel agents back in business.

What will you do with your tax break?

Bob Collins December 29, 2010, 2:24 PM Dec 29, 2010

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Some professors at Yale and Cornell have started a Web site to protest tax cuts for wealthy Americans, the Associated Press reports toda