May 2008 - Rochester Business News & Events

Who loves the sun? Not everyone

Academics Daniel Hamermesh, Caitlin Knowles Myers and Mark Pocock, writing in the Journal of Labor Economics, say most of us don't really notice our home star as much as the television in our living rooms. The sun doesn't matter m

Published Sat, May 31 2008 11:30 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

MBA students want to do good

Today's crop of future business leaders want to steer clear of future meltdowns like Enron Corp.'s. While students pursuing a master of business administration degree voted an excellent work force and strong customer service the t

Published Sat, May 31 2008 11:30 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Suze Orman: Be sensible with home-economic plan

t a structurally sound financial base, your home can be transformed into a house of panic. That's why it's vitally important that every home-economic plan includes the following three-pronged approach. Look at the big picture Your home needs to...

Published Sat, May 31 2008 8:40 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Bank regulators shutter First Integrity bank in Staples, Minn.

WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators on Friday shut down a small Minnesota bank called First Integrity, saying unsafe practices had weakened its financial condition

Published Fri, May 30 2008 11:25 PM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Tips for skycaps OK again in Boston

American Airlines has agreed to drop a controversial $2-per-bag fee for curbside check-in and lift a ban on tips for skycaps at Boston's Logan International Airport. In exchange, the skycaps at Logan will drop a federal lawsuit cl

Published Fri, May 30 2008 12:19 PM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Heinz profit rises 7.2 percent on higher prices

PHILADELPHIA -- H.J. Heinz Co. on Thursday posted a 7.2 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit as price increases partially offset higher commodity costs. The foodmaker also boosted its dividend. The Pittsburgh-based maker of He

Published Fri, May 30 2008 12:19 PM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Dunkin' Donuts pulls Rachael Ray ad

BOSTON -- Dunkin' Donuts has pulled an online advertisement featuring Rachael Ray after complaints that a fringed black-and-white scarf that the celebrity chef wore in the ad offers symbolic support for Muslim extremism and terrori

Published Fri, May 30 2008 12:19 PM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Sharon Stone apologizes for remark on China quake

BEIJING -- French fashion house Christian Dior said Thursday it has dropped Sharon Stone from its Chinese ads and released a statement from the actress apologizing for saying China's earthquake may have been bad karma for its treatme

Published Fri, May 30 2008 12:19 PM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Verizon boosts wireless speeds in Rochester

It wasn't just a cup of coffee that jolted Rochester area Verizon Wireless users into action this morning. An "espresso" upgrade of Internet speed awaited them on their wireless connections

Published Fri, May 30 2008 9:05 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Area jobless rate rises to 4.7 percent in April

Unemployment was up somewhat in southeastern Minnesota during April. But more job seekers also were able to find work than at the same time a year earlier, accord

Published Fri, May 30 2008 9:05 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Luverne firm plans diesel plant

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- A Luverne, Minn., firm wants to build a plant to produce diesel fuel near Vermillion. Rural Energy Marketing would create diesel fuel from corn stalks by using a process in which the biomass material would be ga

Published Thu, May 29 2008 11:34 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Fed Governor Mishkin to step down this summer

WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Governor Frederic Mishkin will leave at the end of August and return to teaching at Columbia University, the central bank announced Wednesday. His departure means yet another empty s

Published Thu, May 29 2008 11:34 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Redrawn plans proceed for shops south of Miracle Mile

Redrawn plans for a high-end shopping and dining center south of Miracle Mile in Rochester passed muster with the Planning and Zoning Commission.

Published Thu, May 29 2008 9:05 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Sun Country cuts managers' pay

MINNEAPOLIS -- Mendota Heights-based Sun Country Airlines says it is cutting management salaries by 10 percent in an effort to limit losses. Like many airlines, Sun Country has been stung by high fuel prices. The carrier lost about

Published Thu, May 29 2008 8:58 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

General Mills honored by magazine

MINNEAPOLIS -- Working Mother magazine today announced General Mills as one of the 2008 Best Companies for Multicultural Women for the fifth consecutive year. "We salute the 2008 Best Companies for Multicultural Women for leading b

Published Thu, May 29 2008 8:58 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

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Who loves the sun? Not everyone

MBA students want to do good

Suze Orman: Be sensible with home-economic plan

Bank regulators shutter First Integrity bank in Staples, Minn.

Tips for skycaps OK again in Boston

Heinz profit rises 7.2 percent on higher prices

Dunkin' Donuts pulls Rachael Ray ad

Sharon Stone apologizes for remark on China quake

Verizon boosts wireless speeds in Rochester

Area jobless rate rises to 4.7 percent in April

Luverne firm plans diesel plant

Fed Governor Mishkin to step down this summer

Redrawn plans proceed for shops south of Miracle Mile

Sun Country cuts managers' pay

General Mills honored by magazine