Twin Cities Business

Twin Cities Business stands out as Minnesota's top source for business news, insights, and analysis. We deliver daily updates through online articles, e-newsletters, a monthly printed magazine, and live events. Together with our audience, we dive into the lives of the region's most prominent leaders, uncovering the secrets of their success, strategies, and solutions. We tackle important current issues, analyze trends and forecasts, and offer the context and information that leaders rely on.

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Six Minnesotans Win EY Heartland Awards

1 week ago | tcbmag.com | Liz Fedor

Six leaders from five Minnesota-based companies have won Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025 Heartland Awards from Ernst & Young, or EY.
Meet a Local Startup Helping Customers Withstand Power Outages

1 week ago | tcbmag.com | Dan Niepow

Minneapolis-based Syncris is on a mission to improve the performance and reliability of microgrids—small electric grids that can operate with or without a larger network. CEO Scott Tracy says the company does that through a unique type of power inverter developed by University of St. Thomas electrical engineering professor Greg Mowry and associate Zach Edmond. The main selling point of Syncris’ product, Tracy says, is that it can help customers withstand power outages on larger grids.
Shooting Victim Mark Hortman Was a Technical Leader at nVent

1 week ago | tcbmag.com | Liz Fedor

The political world and Minnesotans from all walks of life were stunned when they learned that DFL Rep. Melissa Hortman, Minnesota House speaker emerita, and her husband, Mark, were shot to death early Saturday in their Brooklyn Park home. In announcing the tragic news, Gov. Tim Walz characterized the slayings as what seemed to be “a politically motivated assassination.” Mark Hortman was known as a supportive political spouse.
Arctic Cat's New Vehicles Provide 'Sigh of Relief' After Layoffs

2 weeks ago | tcbmag.com | Dan Niepow

Shortly after former Arctic Cat vice president Brad Darling and an outside investment group purchased the venerable snowmobile maker in late April for an undisclosed sum, they announced plans for a 2026 lineup of vehicles, including the new Catalyst EXT Special model featuring retro styling from the original 1971 EXT Special. In May, Darling says that to build the new models, he plans to reengage the majority of the workforce of just under 500 employees in Thief River Falls and St. Cloud.
What's Behind the Commercial Real Estate Mess in Minneapolis?

3 weeks ago | tcbmag.com | Adam Platt

The collapse of the commercial real estate market has been a constant in the news since 2020. It has driven a chain reaction of phenomena that portend deep problems for the core Twin Cities and even some suburbs. But it’s a slow-moving crisis whose depths and ultimate impact remain difficult to gauge.
New Tariffs Thrust C.H. Robinson Into a Big Problem-Solver Role

3 weeks ago | tcbmag.com | Liz Fedor

Just two years after he left Ford Motor Co. to turn around C.H. Robinson, CEO Dave Bozeman finds himself dealing with a volatile U.S. tariff policy that has upended global trade. As a huge logistics provider, C.H. Robinson’s 83,000 customers look to the Eden Prairie-based corporation for solutions. “This is not the first time the industry has seen disruption, and it won’t be the last,” Bozeman says in a May TCB interview.
How Trump's Tariffs Are Impacting Minnesota Businesses

3 weeks ago | tcbmag.com | Liz Fedor

It took President Trump almost six weeks to reduce the high tariffs on China that he announced with much fanfare April 2 in a Rose Garden ceremony. By the time Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed May 12 that the U.S. and China had agreed to de-escalate their trade war, the China tariffs—and those imposed on nations around the world—had rocked the global economy.
As Public Media Threats Drag On, a Fundraising Boom Points to Deeper Uncertainty

3 weeks ago | tcbmag.com | Lev Gringauz

If there’s any silver lining for public media under pressure from the Trump administration, it’s that audiences seem to be showing up with outsized support. Minnesota Public Radio blew past a $1 million goal for its spring member drive in mid-May, raising a little over $1.5 million. That’s three times more than last year’s spring fundraiser. “It’s a big deal,” said MPR President Duchesne Drew.
2025 Best of Business Guide for the Twin Cities

3 weeks ago | tcbmag.com | Suzy Frisch

An abiding commitment to customers. The ability to execute. Exceptional service. These are some of the elements that unite the winners of TCB’s Best of Business awards. These 100-plus winners and finalists, selected by you, our readers, are definitively at the top of their game. Whether your business needs an attorney, a memorable event, or expert help with technology, our honorees have been vetted by companies like yours and are the premier providers in their niche. —Adam Platt, executive editor
Fortune 500 List Contains Some Warnings for Minnesota

3 weeks ago | tcbmag.com | Liz Fedor

The Fortune 500 list, often cited by Minnesota leaders to tout the state’s economic vitality, includes some worrisome financial data about several of the state’s biggest private companies. For people looking to attract workers to Minnesota, they can still boast that the state is home to 17 Fortune 500 companies. Fortune announced its 2025 list Monday of the 500 largest companies in the United States ranked by revenue for fiscal 2024.