January 11, 2001 - A consumer's guide to satellite radio.
January 11, 2001 - The city of Saint Paul and the Target Corporation have reached a tentative agreement to spend 20 million dollars to remodel the Dayton's store in downtown St. Paul. The money would come from Target, the city and the state. As part of the deal, the corporation would agree to keep the store open for at least ten years. Saint Paul City Council member Chris Coleman was briefed on the deal yesterday. He says it is tentative, but looks like it will be approved. Saint Paul City Council member Chris Coleman.
January 12, 2001 - Opponents of corporate agriculture say a vote to end a mandatory fee represents a major victory for family farmers. Known as the pork checkoff, the fee is collected on every hog sold and raises about 50 million dollars a year. Independent farmers with small operations say the money collected has not helped them sell more hogs, but checkoff supporters say they'll challenge the results in court. Mainstreet Radio's Mark Steil reports: The fight over the future of agriculture is mostly a behind the scenes struggle which most consumers rarely see. But the pork checkoff produced at least one bit of adverstising that most people have heard:
January 12, 2001 - The National Mediation Board has broken off talks between Northwest Airlines and its mechanics union, a day sooner than their scheduled conclusion. Contract negotiations that have spanned more than 4 years are again in limbo ... suggesting an agreement between the airline and a powerful labor group remains far off. Minnesota Public Radio's Bill Catlin reports.
January 12, 2001 - Target Corporation today announced it's adopting the Marshall Fields name for all of its high end department stores, and dropping the Dayton's and Hudson's name. The company says the name change will allow it to focus on a single brand. For Minnesotans the decision will mark the end of a nearly century old shopping tradition. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports...
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January 15, 2001 - Concern that recent court rulings against internet software robots could restrict public access to the internet.
January 16, 2001 - The Twin Cities' Metropolitan Airports Commission took a small step today (Tuesday) toward building a link with the Rochester airport as a way to ease congestion. The commission agreed to spend 25-thousand dollars to see if the idea has any support. Minnesota Public Radio's Art Hughes reports. {Rochester airport officials have been busy in recent years developing their facility. One runway was recently lengthened to 75-hundred feet and another is scheduled to be expanded to nine thousand feet to accomodate larger planes. Rochester has a new cargo facility, the main terminal is being expanded and just this week TWA began flights to St. Louis. Rochester Senator Shiela Kiscaden appeared before the Minneapolis-St.Paul Airports Commission to begin what she calls a 'formal alliance' to see whether Rochester and the Twin Cities can compliment each other's air traffic needs.
January 16, 2001 - Throughout the country people are losing their jobs as companies struggle with decreased sales. Rising energy costs, a sagging stock market, and declining consumer confidence threaten to derail the nation's longest economic expansion. The incoming Bush administration is using the threat of RECESSION... to bolster the argument for massive tax cuts. And the Federal Reserve Bank has begun cutting interest rates. Local economists say as the nation goes SO TOO does Minnesota. Layoffs are hitting this region... people who assist dislocated workers say they're busier now than they've been in nearly a decade. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports...