The Minneapolis-based bank beat Wall Street expectations posting a $1.35 billion profit in the fourth quarter. U.S. Bank also posted record earnings of $4.87 billion for the year. The company reports lending activity increased more than 16 percent.

Boosted by double-digit sales growth across all of its product lines, Polaris Industries Inc. posted a net income of $94.3 million, a 40 percent jump from $67.6 million in the third quarter a year-ago, the Associated Press reports. The Medina-based all-terrain vehicles maker also lifted its full-year outlook for the third time.

Ecolab Inc., the St. Paul-based cleaning and pest-control giant, says its net sales jumped 74 percent to $3 billion in the third quarter, RTTNews.com reports. Net income was also up 54 percent compared to the same period a year earlier.

Capella Education, the parent company of the for-profit Capella University, says its third-quarter net income was $5.1 million, down nearly 50 percent compared to the $9.9 million it earned in the July-September quarter last year, the Associated Press reports. Even as total enrollment, revenue and net income fell, new student enrollment at the Minneapolis-based provider of online post-secondary education rose 10.5 percent compared to last year -- the first increase in nearly two years, Reuters reports.

In the latest report on the state's revenue picture, state revenues were just over $58 million -- or 4.4. percent -- less than forecasted.

Tax receipts for August beat projections by 3.5 percent. Minnesota Management and Budget reports revenue from sales taxes and individual income taxes was strong. It's a turnaround from July, when revenue was lagging.