January 2009 | Magazine Archives
Twin Cities Business, January 2009

Cover Story

Boomer Exodus

How companies can prepare for retiring baby boomers in a struggling economy.

Features
20 to Watch in 2009

20 to Watch in 2009

These 20 businesses face an extraordinary economic situation. How they manage will provide an indicator of how well Minnesota will manage.

What Business Thinks About Retirement

What Business Thinks—Are You Ready to Rock?

Twin Cities Business’s annual poll surveys what readers think about looming retirement.

Re-Design Re-Build

Re-Design Re-Build

Architectural firm Ellerbe Becket has weathered boom times and recessions in its 100 years. This year will prove no different.

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Starters
John Stucker and Devon Thomas Treadwell

Name That Brand

Pollywog picks the best (and worst) brand names of 2008.

Pho 79, Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis

Pho Is a Winter Tonic

Pho 79 makes the perfect broth to chase away a raw, blustery day.

Superstars

25 on the Rise

25 on the Rise

Watch for these 25 hispanic businessmen and women to blossom in 2009.

2008 TEKNE Awards

The Minnesota High Tech Association hands out the 2008 TEKNE Awards, honoring those who have demonstrated superior technology advancement and leadership in Minnesota.

Banking and Corporate Finance

Investor Attraction

Investor Attraction

Careful preparation and paying attention to the small things may help firms attract and expand investors.

The Banking Community

A conversation with Bill Rosacker, president and CEO of United Bankers’ Bank in Bloomington.

Filling the Lending Gap

The Twin Cities Community Capital Fund, a nonprofit economic development lender, offers financing that banks and agencies often won’t.

Small Loans, Big Growth

Microloans have become critical to entrepreneurs in rural Minnesota and as well as new emigrants in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Education and Training

Potential Energy

Potential Energy

To get ready for retiring executives, companies are calling upon consulting firms and schools that offer “high-potential” training programs.

Columnists

Editor's Note

Personal Finance

Observations

Corner Office

Capital Beat

Portfolio Positions

What I Learned

Open Letter

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