March 28, 2001 - Spring is proxy season, when publicly traded corporations have to reveal what they pay their top brass. Pay packages for C-E-O's skyrocketed over the 1990's, surpassing gains in corporate profits and the S&P 500. This spring, with investors nursing their wounds from a punishing drop in stocks, CEO's are taking more heat from shareholders over huge pay packages. And some Minnesota companies are in the crosshairs. Minnesota Public Radio's Bill Catlin reports.
March 22, 2001 - A powerful DFL lawmaker says he will hold a hearing on the spending practices of Allina Health System, one of the state's biggest health care firms. The move by Senator Doug Johnson comes a day after State attorney general Mike Hatch sued Allina seeking more financial documents from the non-profit. Hatch alleges the organization spent millions of dollars on questionable items ranging from golfing trips to lobbying and consulting fees. Allina defends its adminstrative expenses and says the Attorney General's report is riddled with inaccuracies. Minnesota Public Radio's Bill Catlin reports.
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March 8, 2001 - A division of Honeywell is laying off 500 employees at four Twin Cities area plants. The company says the layoffs are unrelated to the pending merger with General Electric. But that merger is expected to result in tens of thousands of layoffs company-wide eventually. Minnesota Public Radio's Bill Catlin reports.
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February 20, 2001 - The University of Minnesota has been under pressure to serve as an engine for Minnesota's economy--an idea factory that will generate new high tech products, industries and jobs. University officials are eager to show they're building stronger connections to business and industry and are working harder to commercialize innovations born at the U. But these efforts occur amid a raging national debate on whether academia and industry are getting too close. Minnesota Public Radio's Bill Catlin has the next report in our series, Universal U.
February 19, 2001 - Despite the abrupt national economic slowdown, Minnesotans remain fairly upbeat about their personal circumstances. A Minnesota Public Radio and the St. Paul Pioneer Press poll indicates more than 80 percent of state residents feel their household financial situation will be the same or better a year from now. Minnesota Public Radio's Bill Catlin reports..