April 2, 2001 - Dow was under when starting the second quarter. How soon will it be until we hit rock bottom?
April 3, 2001 - While Best Buy's share price soared today, other prominent Minnesota companies watched their stock tumble along side the Dow. ADC telecommunications was down 12 percent. St. Paul Companies was off four percent. Jim Paulsen is an economist at Wells Fargo in Minneapolis. I asked him why Best Buy is beating the odds in the current market:
April 3, 2001 - Liquor Industry lobbyists made threats toward politicians. The lobbyists are focused on the bill to sell wine in grocery stores.
April 3, 2001 - Best Buy has surprised analysts with better than expected earnings. The Eden Prairie-based consumer electronics retailer credits sales of high-margin items like DVDs and digital cameras for boosting its profits .... even as many other companies struggle in an economic slowdown. Minnesota Public Radio's Andrew Haeg reports.
April 3, 2001 - In the first half of the 20th century, the union movement in Minneapolis grew with the city. Minneapolis was the flour milling capitol of the country, and OTHER industries that supported flour milling, like banking and machine tools were growing as well. Unions were trying organize the workers, but were opposed by a coalition of employers that came to be known as the Citizens Alliance. The story of how these employers blunted the union movement in Minneapolis is the subject of a new book titled "A Union Against Unions." Author William Millikan says at the turn of the century, employers in Minneapolis didn't really have to worry about unions. But in 1902, the Teamsters went on strike, and employers had to change.
April 4, 2001 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Lucky Rosenbloom, son of longtime Saint Paul icon Tiger Jack Rosenbloom, who may have a street named after him. The St. Paul city council is expected to approve a measure that would co-name a short stretch of Dale Street "Mr. and Mrs. Tiger Jack Street."
April 4, 2001 - Wireless phones and untethered internet has an impact on users around the world.
April 5, 2001 - Napster is still as popular as ever, even after the legal problems. Many companies are stepping in to fill a post-Napster void.
April 5, 2001 - Less than a week before a Presidential Emergency Board is set to make a settlement recommendation on the Northwest Airlines Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association contract dispute, the two sides are headed back to the table. The National Mediation Board has summoned airline and union negotiators to Washington for meetings this weekend. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports...
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