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It's Business Financial News That Matters, Whether or Not It's In The NewspapersBy Dawn ManningThe destiny of every corporation is to be a growth industry and the mercantile all around you provides a step-by-step manual based on the experiences of your peers.
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MN firm building and shipping houses to North Dakota<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/twincities/blog/opportunity_north_dakota/North.Dakota.Flag*100.jpg?v=1'>The labor shortage in oil-booming North Dakota is so acute that many of the area's new houses are being built and shipped in from other states.
A Rochester, Minn., company is taking advantage of the situation and building modular homes and trucking them 500 miles to the Williston area of western North Dakota, the Rochester Post-Bulletin reports.
Dale Jech, the owner of Creative Modular Concepts, says he has orders for 80 houses and plans to build 145 this year.
"Labor there is simply too expensive,"...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Hecker moved to his fourth prison since February, and may move again<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/twincities/blog/law/2010/10/04_02_Heckermug*100.jpg?v=1'>Imprisoned former auto dealer Denny Hecker is on the move again.
Hecker, who lived in three different federal prisons in one week in February, now has been moved to a prison in Oklahoma City, KSTP.com reports.
And he may be moving again soon. KSTP reports that the "primary mission" of the Federal Transfer Center where Hecker is now is to serve as a transfer hub to somewhere else. But a government spokesman wouldn't speculate on any future moves that Hecker might make.
Hecker started his 10-year...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>H-P to eliminate 30,000 jobs... Postal Service to cut 28,000 positions... Gold has big day<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/twincities/images/National%20Roundup_icon*100.jpg?v=3'>Business news from around the Web:
H-P expected to eliminate 30,000 jobs in restructuring (All Things D)
Postal Service moves ahead with cost-savings plan that will cut 28,000 jobs (CNN)
Economic index drops after six months of gains (USA Today)
Gold sparkles after slump with biggest one-day gain since January (Fox)
Strong Wal-Mart profit trumps bribery probe concerns (Reuters)
Senators to Facebook co-founder who denounced U.S. citizenship: Don't come back. Ever. (CNN)<div class="feedflare">
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</div>MN lost jobs in April, unemployment back to 5.6 percent<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/news/joblessWEEBB*100.jpg?v=1'>Minnesota's unemployment rate dropped in April while the state reported losing 3,100 jobs.
The state also reported that Minnesota's annual job growth rate was less than half of that nationwide.
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) reported Thursday that the state's seasonally-adjusted jobless rate fell to 5.6 percent.
It had fallen to 5.6 percent in January, then rose in February and March to 5.8 percent. The 5.6 percent rate is the lowest since September of 2009....<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Sun Country offers flights to new destinations<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/twincities/suncountry*100.jpg?v=1'>Sun Country Airlines is offering new flights out of the Twin Cities to two vacation spots, plus expanding service to Boston and Seattle.
Mendota Heights-based Sun Country announced its 2013 winter schedule Thursday, which includes new nonstop flights out of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to Tampa, Fla., and Huatulco, Mexico. The carrier will fly to Tampa four times a week and to Huatulco on Saturdays.
The company said it's also expanding its year-round service to Boston and Seattle.
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</div>3M donation quiets the ape house at Smithsonian's National Zoo<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/Wester.Lowland.Gorilla*100.jpg?v=1'>3M Co. is helping a noisy zoo take it down a notch.
Maplewood-based 3M (NYSE: MMM) is donating acoustic tiles to the Great Ape House at the Smithsonian?s National Zoo, which is the home of six gorillas and six orangutans.
The current facility in Washington, D.C., is filled with concrete and glass, which makes the experience at the Great Ape House so noisy that it's hard for visitors to hear guides ? or even each other. The installation of 1,430 tiles are projected to take noise levels down...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Schwan's among MN firms honored for ethical practices<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/twincities/images/Schwans.Logo*100.jpg?v=2'>The Schwan Food Co. was among three companies to win the 2012 Minnesota Business Ethics Award (MBEA) for promoting ethical practices in the workplace.
Honored by the MBEA in the 13th annual competition on Wednesday were:
Murphy Automotive Inc. of Lakeville, which owns five car shops in the Twin Cities, won in the small company category.Western National Insurance Group of Edina, an insurance provider covering property and casualty for businesses, was the medium-sized company category winner.The...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>J.P. Morgan loss grows; Buffett takes GM stake<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/twincities/MorningRoundup*100.jpg?v=1'>Business news from around the Web:
? Skechers settles on 'Shape-Up' claims dispute (Portfolio)
? J.P. Morgan's trading loss said to rise by 50 percent (NYT)
? Facebook insiders are cashing out (WSJ)
? Google tweaks search, hurting some firms (WSJ)
? Berkshire Hathaway takes stake in GM, buys Media General (Bloomberg)<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Arden Hills: So about this old ammo dump ?<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/twincities/MorningRoundup*100.jpg?v=1'>Now that Arden Hills won't get a Minnesota Vikings stadium, government officials want the state to follow through on pledges to help clean up the long-abandoned Army ammunition plant that was to be the stadium site.
KARE-11 reports on the hopes of Ramsey County Commissioner Tony Bennett, who lives near the site and says it still has plenty of economic potential.
Gov. Mark Dayton said the state should help Arden Hills clean up the site. Ryan Cos. once considered redeveloping it, but scuttled those...<div class="feedflare">
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</div>Caribe owners try Kickstarter to relaunch restaurant<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/twincities/MorningRoundup*100.jpg?v=1'>St. Paul's Caribe Caribbean Bistro, which closed last year amid Central Corridor light rail construction, could get a second life in Northeast Minneapolis.
The Pioneer Press reports that Caribe's owners are hoping to use online fundraising tool Kickstarter to raise capital for the new Caribe at the site of the former Amici Bistro.
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KCP&L promotes Heidtbrink to COO role
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/BasshamTerry(new)*100.jpg?v=1'>Kansas City Power & Light Co. executive Scott Heidtbrink has been promoted to executive vice president and COO.
Previously senior vice president for supply, Heidtbrink will manage all utility operations for KCP&L and KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations, the two units of Kansas City-based holding company Great Plains Energy Inc. (NYSE: GXP).
Heidtbrink takes the place of Terry Bassham, who will become CEO effective June 1 after the retirement of Mike Chesser, who will remain as non-executive chairman.
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Report: Sprint?s Kansas City-area download speeds lag since August
Sprint Nextel Corp. not only has lost its status as the Kansas City market leader for average download speeds, the Overland Park-based wireless carrier?s speeds have slowed down since August, according to a study released Thursday.
RootMetrics, a Seattle-based service that measures consumer mobile experiences, performed ?thousands? of speed, reliability and quality tests for data, text messages and calls in Kansas City between April 24 and April 30.
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KCUR-FM names Leone as new general manager
Nico Leone will take over as general manager of KCUR-FM in August, the station announced Thursday.
Leone succeeds Patricia Cahill, who retired, as head of the public radio station in Kansas City. He has been co-executive director of KDHX-FM, a nonprofit community radio station in St. Louis.
KDHX may have more in common with Kansas City community radio station KKFI than with KCUR. The station?s lineup is heavy with locally produced music and talk shows, and its website encourages area bands to...<div class="feedflare">
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Kansas City committee approves two tax questions for voters
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2011/01/19/KansasCitySkyline*100.jpg?v=1'>A Kansas City Council committee on Thursday morning approved a tax plan that probably will put a pair of measures before voters in August.
The Kansas City Finance, Governance and Transportation Committee advanced a bill that would call an Aug. 7 election about whether to eliminate some taxes, increase the sales tax and issue $500 million in bonds for stormwater projects.
The full Kansas City Council is expected to take up the matter on May 24.
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Spectrum Fantastic Art Live! convention will draw 5,000 to Kansas City
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/Spectrum2012Poster*100.jpg?v=1'>Darth Maul meets Batman this weekend in Kansas City at the first Spectrum Fantastic Art Live! convention, which is expected to swoop in with a $3.4 million economic impact.
The convention will kick off Friday at Bartle Hall, 301 W. 13th St., attracting an expected 5,000 visitors. More than 200 booths will display paintings, sculptures and digital art in fantasy, science fiction, horror, movie and comic book themes.
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Still wishing for All-Star Game tickets? It?ll cost you
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/kansascity/blog/2012AllStarGameBaseballLogo*100.jpg?v=1'>Tickets to Major League Baseball?s All-Star Game in Kansas City on July 10 may be sold out, but eager buyers can find tickets online through resale outfits ? if they?re willing to drop the dough.
The average price for a ticket on TicketsNow, Ticketmaster?s reseller, currently is $464. The site has 782 tickets available, with $288 on the low end for standing-room-only space, $357 for the lowest-priced seat, and a high of $3,517 for Diamond Club access behind home plate.
Historically, the...<div class="feedflare">
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Missouri lawmakers pass bill supporting land banks
The Missouri General Assembly on Wednesday passed land bank legislation that would let Kansas City buy and sell swaths of abandoned land.
The Greater Kansas City Local Initiatives Support Corp. hailed the passage of the land bank bill, calling it the culmination of two years of work to get lawmakers to agree to the measure.
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Report: Ford will offer more redesigned vehicles than rivals
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/kansascity/print-edition/FordKCAssemblyPlant2012*100.jpg?v=1'>Ford Motor Co. will put more redesigned vehicles on the road in America during the next four years than any other automobile producer.
According to various media reports, the new ?Car Wars? report by automotive analyst John Murphy at Bank of America Merrill Lynch showed Ford will replace 26 percent of its existing vehicles with new designs between the 2013 to 2016 model years. That?s a much higher rate than Ford?s historical average replacement rate of 14 percent, and it?s above the industry...<div class="feedflare">
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U.S. Postal Service scales back facility closing plans
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/news/postal-service-trucks-600*100.jpg?v=1'>The U.S. Postal Service now plans to shut down a smaller number of mail-processing centers over a longer period of time, including a location in Topeka, Kan.
On Thursday, postal officials said they would close 48 processing centers in August and 92 more in early 2013, creating an estimated $1.2 billion in annual savings. (See a list of facilities slated to close.)
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Stay home for dinner ? and stay skinnier
A new study reports that a stunning 96 percent of main entrees sold at top U.S. chain restaurants exceed daily limits for calories, sodium, fat and saturated fat, USA Today reports.
The 18-month study found that most meals come up short of the U.S. Department of Agriculture?s recommended limits, the newspaper reports.
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Enchantment of the Seas to sail from Port Canaveral in 2013
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/Royal%20Caribbean*100.jpg?v=1'>Royal Caribbean?s Enchantment of the Seas, which is replacing the departing Monarch of the Seas, will undergo a revitalization in December to prepare for its 2013 debut as a home-ported vessel at Port Canaveral.
Enchantment of the Seas will sail every Monday and Friday offering three- and four-night voyages year-round from Port Canaveral starting on April 25. Both itineraries will have ports of call at Nassau, Bahamas, and CocoCay, Royal Caribbean?s private island in the Bahamas. Enchantment...<div class="feedflare">
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FDOT seeks consultant for Orange Blossom Express study
The Florida Department of Transportation is looking for a consultant to oversee the study of transit options through Lake and west Orange counties, a study required to move forward with a proposed $55 million commuter rail line known as Orange Blossom Express.
The transportation department is seeking bids for what?s known as the U.S. Highway 441/Orange Blossom Express alternatives analysis. The contract will include project development and environmental studies, as well as corridor planning, land...<div class="feedflare">
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A look back at recent business ventures in Kissimmee
Many new business ventures have been underway in the city of Kissimmee.
The city has been making headlines with new developments, proposed projects, new companies bringing new jobs and special events.
Some of the newest ventures include:
? A $52.6 million patient tower at the Osceola Regional Medical Center that will add 64 new beds and create 125 jobs.
? Florida Hospital Kissimmee is currently in talks of expanding and adding an 83-bed hospital that could break ground in 2013 and occupy...<div class="feedflare">
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Two more Orlando Grubb agents move to Cushman
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/orlando/blog/Hayhurst,-Ray*100.gif?v=1'>Ray Hayhurst and Steven Tanner have joined some of their former colleagues up the road at Cushman & Wakefield of Florida Inc.
Hayhurst and Tanner, who focused on retail investment sales for the Orlando office of Grubb & Ellis Co., are now part of Cushman & Wakefield?s capital markets team, Hayhurst as a senior director and Tanner as an associate director.
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Looking at health insurance exchanges in Florida
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/portland/news/insurance_health_carousel*100.jpg?v=1'>States have until Nov. 16 to submit plans on how they will run a health insurance exchange, according to guidelines released May 16.
Health insurance exchanges are places designed to be like Expedia and Orbitz, but for health insurance. Small businesses ? who typically have higher health insurance costs because of the small pool of employees ? would be able to shop for health insurance.
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Brown & Brown buys Las Vegas agency Insurcorp
Brown & Brown Inc. acquired certain assets of Insurcorp and Maalouf Benefit Resources of Las Vegas, which recently combined under the Insurcorp name.
Insurcorp provides employee benefits retail brokerage and consulting services to employers in Nevada and surrounding states, and has annual revenue of $5 million.
Insurcorp?s operations will be combined with those of Brown & Brown Insurance of Nevada?s existing Las Vegas office.
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Three from C. Fla. named 2012 Entrepreneur of the Year finalists
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/orlando/print-edition/Massey,-Harvey-4c*100.jpg?v=1'>Ernst & Young LLP on Thursday announced the finalists for its Entrepreneur of the year 2012 Award in Florida, including three prominent Central Florida businesspeople.
The finalists from Central Florida included:
? Services category: Harvey L. Massey, chairman and CEO of Massey Services Inc. in Orlando
? Technology category: Carol Craig, founder and CEO of Craig Technologies in Melbourne
? Health care category: Shari Dingle Sandifer, founder and CEO of Avant Healthcare professionals in...<div class="feedflare">
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Rosen College to posthumously induct Gary Sain in Hall of Fame
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/orlando/print-edition/Gary-Sain-4c*100.jpg?v=1'>The Rosen College of Hospitality Management at the University of Central Florida will posthumously induct former Visit Orlando CEO and President Gary C. Sain into the Central Florida Hospitality Hall of Fame later this year.
The Central Florida Hospitality Hall of Fame induction ceremony will include a special presentation, highlighting the life and accomplishments of Sain. Dean Abraham Pizam also will present Sain?s wife, Pamela, with a Steuben crystal pineapple award, the symbol of the hospitality...<div class="feedflare">
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Bank of America sells some branches to trim costs
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/charlotte/Moynihan%20Brian%20headshot%20315*100.jpg?v=1'>In an effort to shed costs, Bank of America Corp. has begun a plan to sell branches in sparsely populated areas.
According to BofA?s first-quarter filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 3, the banking giant closed 154 banking centers and 631 ATMs during the first quarter. The filing said BofA ?continues to improve our cost-to-serve and optimize our consumer banking network.? Band of America (NYSE: BAC) had 5,700 banking centers as of March 31.
CEO Brian Moynihan has...<div class="feedflare">
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Second SpaceX demonstration launch scheduled for May 19
<img src='http://assets.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/Falcon%209%20SpaceX*100.jpg?v=1'>Space Exploration Technologies? (SpaceX) second demonstration launch for NASA?s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services is scheduled to lift off May 19 from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
The Falcon 9 rocket will carry a Dragon capsule that will conduct a series of check-out procedures designed to test and prove its systems, including the ability to rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station.
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