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Ameriprise CEO takes home $46 million
More than Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs … Jennifer Bjorhus of the Strib continues the paper’s focus on CEO pay with a piece on Ameriprise’s boss: “Ever since Ameriprise Financial Inc. spun out of...
View ArticleDelta gains altitude with record profit during spring quarter
With the merger of Delta and Northwest airlines nearing its fifth anniversary, Delta is demonstrating that it is capable of producing sustained profitability.The Atlanta-based carrier on Wednesday...
View ArticleMyanmar opens doors to Big Oil, but investment pitfalls still lurk
It was only a few years ago that oil giants Chevron and Total were accused of propping up Myanmar’s military junta by helping it export oil and gas, earning them the ire of human rights groups. Yet...
View ArticleOne man fights to set his nation free
OXFORD, UK — Benny Wenda has been many things in his 38 years.Among them, student and activist, prisoner and wanted man, a child of indigenous farmers in the West Papua province of Indonesia and a...
View ArticleCambodian opposition leaders won't accept election results
PHNOM PENH — Cambodia's hotly contested national elections took another dramatic turn Monday morning, as opposition leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha stated in a press conference that they wouldn't...
View ArticleAfghan TV show brings officials face-to-face with ordinary people
Afghanistan's imperfect democracy is finding one of its purest forms over the television airwaves, where ordinary citizens are getting a rare chance to question their highest officials face-to-face.A...
View ArticleWith Brotherhood's fall in Egypt, Hamas faces Gaza's harsh reality again
President Mohamed Morsi's ousting by Egypt's military wasn't just bad news for his Muslim Brotherhood. It was bad news for Gaza's Hamas, which greeted Mr. Morsi's electoral triumph a year ago with the...
View ArticleAfter crash, Spanish officials defend lucrative train industry
In the aftermath of last week’s deadly train derailment in Spain, as the human tragedy gives way to the security and legal investigations, all sides are working hard at defending their interests –...
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Freedom School engages St. Paul African-American children in reading and...
Wearing a white coat over a green dress and with her dark hair sweeping her shoulders, the Rev. Darcel Hill stood tall last Friday before a sea of enthusiastic children, dancing to inspirational songs...
View ArticleIn Egypt, love for Sisi overshadows protester deaths
The day after at least 74 Islamist protesters were killed in clashes with Egyptian security forces, none of Egypt’s main newspapers on Sunday showed the injured, the dead, or even the vast crowds...
View ArticleFor first same-sex couple to wed at St. Paul's Como Conservatory, it's also...
In May, Paul Nolle and Reid Bordson were trying to figure out what to do for the 10th anniversary of their commitment ceremony, which took place at the late, lamented Bobino’s wine bar a stone’s throw...
View ArticleWhen will consumers run out of patience with Web ad videos?
There’s no question that we’re entering a post-literate age. Every young person today who wants to get into journalism, marketing, advertising or some other communications business is encouraged to...
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Women use designer goods to ward off rivals, suggests U of M study
CC/Flickr/Adam Fagen“When men have a flashy car, they want women to see this flashy car and to realize how expensive it is. But for women, they’re showing off these expensive products to other...
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Five More Questions: Law prof Donna Byrne explains Pohlad family's run-in...
Editor’s note: Five More Questions is an occasional series by Brian Lambert that follows up on people and events in the news.On July 2 Forbes magazine’s Janet Novack broke the story of the Pohlad...
View ArticleFreshman Iron Range lawmaker Rep. Jason Metsa hit on mining claims
Minnesota Brown I've been writing how this summer is building toward a contention boiling point on the nonferrous mineral mining issue. We're waiting for PolyMet to release its updated EIS after the...
View ArticleBear researcher Lynn Rogers gets court hearing Monday on keeping his permits
Bear researcher Lynn Rogers took his case to court Monday, hoping to get a reprieve from the state DNR's ruling that will yank his permits to use radio collars to study bears in the wild.Rogers...
View ArticleRally against gun violence will include reading of thousands of victims' names
A rally against gun violence will be held Wednesday in downtown Minneapolis, as the"No More Names" national bus tour comes to town.The tour, sponsored by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, is visiting 25...
View ArticleSenate vote on Jones nomination could come this week
WASHINGTON — The Senate could vote on Minnesota U.S. attorney B. Todd Jones' nomination to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms this week, according to Politico. The paper reports that...
View ArticleSt. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, other DFLers to file for office Tuesday
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman plans to file for a third term Tuesday morning, joining several other DFL candidates in a trek to the county elections office on the first day of filing for the November...
View ArticleDNR and Lynn Rogers reach temporary agreement to keep 10 bear collars
Bear researcher Lynn Rogers can keep radio collars on 10 bears for the time being, but he has to limit hand-feeding of the bears and end live "den-cam" streaming under a settlement announced...
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