November 26, 2001 - Morning Edition: We are officially in a recession.
November 26, 2001 - Dwight Soberman from the Houston Chronicle says that now is the time to buy a computer. The computer industry is in a slump and its a buyer's market.
November 26, 2001 - MPR’s Jeff Horwich presents a Mainstreet Radio series looking at the growing role of Spanish in the Minnesota work place. The series begins in Cold Spring, along conveyor lines of butchered chickens.
November 27, 2001 - Major League Baseball's Commissioner Bud Selig and team owners are expected to meet today (Tuesday) in Chicago to discuss the League's contraction efforts. Selig announced in early November owners planned to eliminate two teams before next season. No teams have been identified yet but the Twins and Montreal Expos are the top candidates. Selig says contraction will help the economics of the game. But others say the plan is ill advised and will harm the game. They also question why the Twins are considered over other clubs. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...
November 27, 2001 - Because of Northwest Airlines having a hub in Minnesota, Sun Country had a hard time from the beginning.
November 27, 2001 -
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.