The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Interior is ordering 1,125 vehicles from Rosenbauer Minnesota, based in Wyoming, Minn. Rosenbauer says it's the largest order in industry history.
The Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal reports Polaris is acquiring French electric utility vehicle maker Groupil for an undisclosed amount of money. Earlier this year, Polaris bought Fargo, N.D.-based Global Electric Motorcars.
More than a tenth of Minnesota's prison population is 50 years or older. Many of them who need expensive medical treatments for things like diabetes, cancer and heart disease are referred to as "million-dollar prisoners." The Star Tribune reports the Corrections Department has tripled its medical budget over the past 10 years in order to provide offenders with proper medical care.
The Marines have ordered 126 micro-surveillance robots from the Edina-based company. The U.S. Army is already using 1,800 micro-robots in places like Iraq and Afghanistan.
Wayzata-based Cargill Inc. says the company plans to operate one the largest poultry broiler production facilities in China next year. The facility currently under construction will raise 65 million birds a year. Cargill invested $250 million into the plant. China's poultry industry is rapidly expanding with annual growth at 5 to 6 percent.
Bloomberg reports an Iranian and four Singapore citizens are facing charges in an alleged illegal export ring. The report says they smuggled radio technology from a Minnesota manufacturer to build explosives used against U.S. troops in Iraq.
Best Buy and its founder Richard Schulze continue to spar over Schulze's attempt to take the struggling Richfield-based electronics retailer private. The Star Tribune reports Schulze, Best Buy's largest shareholder with a 20% stake, rejected a proposal from the company's board of directors over the weekend. Best Buy says it offered to show Schulze the company's financial data in exchange for delaying any takeover attempt until 2013, should the board reject his bid.
The deal stems from a long-running investigation into poor foreclosure practices among the country's largest mortgage lenders. Five banks, including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and Ally Financial, agreed to pay about $26 billion to reimburse American homeowners. This is the biggest government-industry settlement since the 1998 multi-state tobacco industry deal.
The award-winning reporter is getting out of the TV business.
But Democrats also think Pawlenty is the main Republican threat.
Park size is the only thing keeping St. Paul from the top spot.
The employee has been identified as Mohammed Duluky.
The discussion is ongoing at the annual NFL owner meetings.
The conservative pundit had a show in Minneapolis the night before.
It still enjoyed its best quarter for traffic in 10 years.
With the heat comes a risk for severe storms on Thursday.
It's not clear yet what the victim's condition is.
