November 27, 2001 - Sun Country executives are meeting today with at least two potential investor groups. Earlier this month the financially-strapped airline announced it was for sale and yesterday it cancelled scheduled services to major east and west coast cities. By the end of this week, the airline will return to its roots by emphasizing charter services to leisure destinations such as Florida, Mexico and the Caribbean. Hobbit Travel President George Wozniak and his group of investors is meeting at this hour with Sun Country. Wozniak says the talks are preliminary, but the group is genuinely interested in purchasing the airline:
November 27, 2001 - MPR’s Tom Scheck provides a debrief on Major League Baseball owners meeting in Chicago, where MLB Commissioner Bud Selig said both he and the owners still plan to eliminate two teams before next season. The Minnesota Twins are widely considered a top prospect for elimination, but Selig acknowledges there may be obstacles along the way.
November 27, 2001 - MPR’s Jeff Horwich presents a Mainstreet Radio series looking at the growing role of Spanish in the Minnesota work place. The series continues with report on one large Minnesota company finding biligual workers are good for the bottom line.
November 27, 2001 - The ad campaign is not doing much for selling Windows XP. Windows XP was created to boost sales for PC sales, but the industry is not seeing that.
November 27, 2001 - The winter storm that's hit much of the region couldn't be better news for snow-starved children in Minnesota. The fresh white blanket also means a lot to the many businesses that have been anxiously waiting for winter. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports...
November 28, 2001 - Pam Wheelock, finance commissioner, told government not to get into contract agreements with non-profits. It is a matter of combatting a deficit in the budget.
November 28, 2001 - Northwest Airlines laid off more than 4000 employees in Minnesota after the September 11 attacks. Those workers are confronting the toughest labor market in years. Rejoining the workforce may be an even taller task for those who had spent most of their careers in the airline industry. Minnesota Public Radio's Andrew Haeg has more.
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November 28, 2001 - Minnesotans are amoung the most prolific inventors in the country. A review of filings with the U-S Patent and Trademark office from 1990 to 1999 ranked Rochester 3rd and the Twin Cities 10th in number of patents for every 100-thousand residents. Minnesota was the only state to place two metro areas in the top ten. The review was conducted by an online newsletter called Demographics Daily. Mike Moore is the director of health technologies at the University of Minnesota. He says both the Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota have large research budgets that drive innovation:
November 29, 2001 - MPR’s Michael Khoo reports on new task force that will discuss various plans in building a new stadium for the Minnesota Twins. Financing options will be the main point of the meeting.