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Social Media: What are the Legal Risks to Business Uses?
KMSP-TV -- 08/14/13
Social media has the potential to help any business grow, but using the technology can create legal liabilities.
Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Detroit Diesel Remanufacturing Plant Duluth News Tribune -- 08/13/13
The new Detroit Diesel Remanufacturing facility is expected to retain 97 Iron Range jobs while adding an estimated 50 new jobs over the next three years.
New Program in Mpls Will Help Long-Term Unemployed
KSTP.com -- 08/13/13
Aimed at getting long-term unemployed Minneapolis residents back to work, P2E launches in September.
Art Envy: Minnesota Top State for Support of Arts
Minnesota ranks No. 1 in the nation in per capita spending on its state arts agency. New figures released by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies.
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Minnesota Adds 4,300 Jobs in July
Minnesota has gained 71,500 jobs over the past year, a growth rate of 2.6 percent, compared with a U.S. growth rate of 1.7 percent. Our unemployment rate is holding at a steady 5.2 percent. “On an annual basis, the Minnesota labor market is recovering at a pace we haven’t seen since the expansion of the 1990s,” said DEED Commissioner Katie Clark Sieben.
The Path to Recovery
From jobs to exports, the numbers point to a recovering economy. Shutterfly Inc.’s announcement that it plans to open a manufacturing facility that will bring about 330 jobs to Shakopee adds to the evidence that Minnesota is leaving the Great Recession behind. And Shutterfly is among a growing list of companies that have announced expansion plans here in the past year.
DEED Awards Funding to Assist Emerging Businesses
Two-year grants totaling $2.8 million have been awarded to 11 nonprofits that provide services and technical assistance to emerging businesses and entrepreneurs in Minnesota.
New Social Media Guide for Businesses
What it says, how to get it, why we did it.
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