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Business and Economic News

Northstar lowers peak fares, expands service

Northstar lowers peak fares, expands service

Tom Cruikshank, with the St. Cloud Metro Bus, says if more ride the Northstar Link, it's more likely the Northstar rail line will get extended the remainder of the distance from Big Lake to Saint Cloud, connecting the city with Minneapolis.
by Peter Cox

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Northstar commuter bus to expand, adjust fares

Changes to the bus route's fare structures are to help bring them in line with Metro Transit's fees so riders will eventually be able to ride both the bus and the train with one payment.
by Cody Nelson

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Regulators and airlines fight over fares, fees and fairness

Regulators and airlines fight over fares, fees and fairness

This week, the Department of Transportation hit Southwest Airlines with a $200,000 fine for touting a fare that did not exist. The carrier had said in a TV ad that customers in Atlanta could fly to New York, Chicago or Los Angeles for just $59. But the bargain fare turned out to be too good to be true.
by Marilyn Geewax

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NYT top editor: 'Period of turmoil' preceded Abramson firing

NYT top editor: 'Period of turmoil' preceded Abramson firing

In an interview with NPR, The New York Times' new executive editor Dean Baquet said Jill Abramson was fired because of her failed relationship with the publisher and with senior editors.

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Economic upswing has fewer on food stamps

Economic upswing has fewer on food stamps

Last year, about 1 in 7 people in the U.S. were getting food stamps, or SNAP benefits. But the numbers have started to drop as more people find work and better-paying jobs, analysts say.
by Pam Fessler

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Pixar and Disney's Ed Catmull on creativity and inspiration in business

Pixar and Disney's Ed Catmull on creativity and inspiration in business

Ed Catmull of Pixar and Disney says a good leader gives original ideas "time to breathe" and that the most worthless piece of business advice he ever got was "focus, focus, focus." Some advice and inspiration from the leader of one of the world's most creative companies, from the "Revolutionaries Series" at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California on May 8, 2014. Sponsored by Intel Corporation.

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