April 17, 2002 - Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer speaks with Karen Oman, founder and CEO of Certes Financial Pros, a financial consulting company based in the Twin Cities. Oman is being named Woman Business Owner of the Year by the Minnesota chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners.
April 17, 2002 - Future Tenses’ Jon Gordon interviews Alex Ignatiev about why computers are such a pain to turn on and off. Firing up a computer, or rebooting it after a crash, takes longer than we'd like. But it could be a lot quicker if new technology from the University of Houston is a hit in the marketplace. Already, the school has licensed the technology to Sharp Electronics.
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April 18, 2002 - The five major DFL and Republican candidates for governor shared a stage for the first time in the campaign last night (WEDNESDAY). The five participated in a student-sponsored debate at the University of Minnesota. Questions about higher education, jobs and affordable housing highlighted the differences between the Democrats and Republicans. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports...
April 18, 2002 - Northwest Airlines today posted a 171 million dollar loss for the first three months of the year. Although far from profitable, Northwest did significantly better than Wall Street had expected. Northwest says its sales are improving ahead of plan, but executives with the Minnesota-based airline will not predict when Northwest will once again turn profitable. Minnesota Public Radio's Mark Zdechlik reports...
April 19, 2002 - Top business executives in the Twin Cities do NOT see traffic congestion as the biggest concern for their companies. City Business conducted a poll of 400 executives, asking them to rate factors which influence decisions about moving or expanding their companies. The results are the topic of an article in today's issue of CityBusiness. Andrew Tellijohn wrote the article. He says congestion ranked high as a concern, but wasn't at the top.
April 19, 2002 - The publisher of Consumer Reports magazine wants to boost the confidence in electronic commerce. Lack of visible credibility is the main key to the distrust.
April 19, 2002 - The stalemate between House Republicans and Senate DFLers continues at the Capitol as lawmakers go home for a three day weekend. Some are saying part of the reason for the gridlock over solving Minnesota's budget problems is due to politically powerful lobbying group -- The Taxpayers League of Minnesota. At least one Senate DFLer says lawmakers need to decide if they owe more to their constituents or to the group. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...
April 22, 2002 - Canadians have been fuming about the sanctions put in place by the Bush administration and now the United States timber producers are just as mad. There is a big difference in price for soft wood from United States and soft wood from Canada. Canada gets a third of the soft wood business from the United States. Canadian mills are also bigger than American mills and therefore are more productive.
April 22, 2002 - The Minnesota Twins are back in first place in the AL Central division after sweeping a three-game series this weekend against the Cleveland Indians at the Metrodome. The series was payback for Cleveland's four-game sweep of the Twins last week. Gordon Wittenmeyer covers the Twins for the St. Paul Pioneer Press. He says the Twins have had GREAT pitching, especially from their bull pen, which is ranked first in the major leagues right now.