Banking & Finance

Making a Transition

When you should start looking for a new accounting firm.

January 2010

Minnesota Credit Unions Want to Lend More to Business

Minnesota Credit Unions Want to Lend More to Business

Despite the bursting of the housing bubble and the disappearance of thousands of jobs, the state's credit unions are growing.

November 2009

Fear and anxiety may blocking effective wealth management

Facing Your Wealth Management Fears

Otherwise competent professionals can sometimes freeze up when it comes to organizing their personal finances. We’ve got some therapeutic advice.

August 2009

Liquidated is an ethnographic study of Wall Street by Karen Ho, an anthropology professor at the University of Minnesota.

An Anthropologist on Wall Street

University of Minnesota anthropologist Karen Ho examines the culture of Wall Street in her first book, Liquidated.

July 2009

Merger and acquisition activity is hanging on in some sectors

M&A Special Circumstances

Activity in select markets boosts the sagging number of overall M&A deals. Find out which Minnesota industries have proven most resistant to the economic downturn.

July 2009

Wealth Management That Fits You

Wealth-Management Tips

9 suggestions from wealth managers for getting over your recession anxiety and thinking strategically about your financial plan.

June 2009

Mike Wigley and Brian Jackson

In Vino Lucrum

Why invest in wine? It’s yet another asset class for investors seeking diversification and long-term price appreciation.

May 2009

Scott Martin

Filling the Lending Gap

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

January 2009

Investor Attraction

Investor Attraction

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

January 2009

Hussein Farah and Hussein Samatar

Small Loans, Big Growth

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

January 2009

Bill Rosacker

The Banking Community

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

January 2009

Factoring Finance

Factoring Finance

Factoring is another source of financing when loans are hard to find.

December 2008

What's Ahead for Prediction Markets?

Event contracts are part of a phenomenon known as prediction markets or information markets.

November 2008

Risky Business

Risky Business

Banks, insurance companies and even private firms are paying more attention to risk management that may help them become more competitive and secure over the long term.

October 2008

Top 25 CPA Firms

A guide to the largest accounting firms in Minnesota

October 2008

A Foreign Affair

A Foreign Affair with Minnesota Companies

Lured by new markets and a strong tech sector, overseas firms are buying more Minnesota businesses than every before.

July 2008

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