Business and Economic News

CEO of Minnesota-based UnitedHealthcare killed in ‘targeted’ shooting in NYC
Police were looking for a suspect they say targeted Brian Thompson in a premeditated attack outside a hotel where he was scheduled to attend the company’s annual investors’ conference.
'Guardian' journalists strike to protest sale of sister paper 'Observer'
Nearly 500 journalists have walked out of the Guardian and its sister paper, the Observer, to protest what they see as a betrayal of the paper's values: the planned sale of the Observer to a startup.
Cargill to lay off about 475 employees in Minnesota, 8,000 worldwide
The Minnesota-based agricultural trading giant told employees Monday that it would be eliminating 5 percent of its staff in an effort to realign their talent and resources with their strategy.
Unions score a major win in Wisconsin with a court ruling restoring collective bargaining rights
Wisconsin public worker and teachers unions have scored a major legal victory with a ruling that restores collective bargaining rights they lost under a 2011 state law.