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Dan Haugen

Dan Haugen covered small towns, police and courts for daily newspapers in Waterloo, Iowa, and Sioux Falls, S.D., before moving home to Minneapolis in 2006. Since then he's written for several community newspapers, as well as his own neighborhood news blog, Northeast Beat. He covered airlines, medical technology and general business stories for MinnPost.

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Twin Cities Business

NABERS: Australian for efficiency

By Dan Haugen | 02/07/13

Honeywell says Minnesota could boost commercial building efficiency by importing an energy policy from Down Under.

MedCity News

Kips Bay Medical working to gain foothold in Europe, but not there yet

By Dan Haugen | 02/04/11
As Kips Bay Medical of Plymouth awaits an estimated $21.2 million IPO, it’s also rolling out its first product in Europe.
MedCity News

From Muve to Gruve: struggles of the obesity medical-device business

By Dan Haugen | 02/03/11
Muve, an obesity-fighting device, was Minnesota’s “breakthrough business idea” of 2007. The startup later shut down, and now some of its investors are trying to launch a new company called Gruve.
MedCity News

Spine-surgery device makers feeling pain – from insurers

By Dan Haugen | 02/02/11
Insurers are increasingly scrutinizing spinal fusion procedures and putting up new hurdles that could curtail the category’s growth.
MedCity News

Court sides with St. Jude Medical in unfair competition case

By Dan Haugen | 02/01/11
St. Jude Medical says the Massachusetts Superior Court has ruled in its favor in lawsuit between a subsidiary and a supplier. The litigation was filed by LightLab Imaging, which St.
MedCity News

CEO: Uroplasty's Q3 performance 'began to reflect potential'

By Dan Haugen | 01/28/11
The Minnetonka device company performance finally “began to reflect the potential of the company” in the third quarter, CEO David Kaysen said Thursday during the company’s earnings call.
MedCity News

New SurModics CEO looks to focus on a 'secret sauce' after Ramius drama

By Dan Haugen | 01/27/11
The drama appears to have passed. Now comes the soul searching. Eden Prairie-based SurModics hosted its first earnings call since naming a new CEO and resolving a brief standoff with an activist shareholder.
MedCity News

Mayo Clinic names 17 members to social media advisory board

By Dan Haugen | 01/26/11
A blogging pediatrician, a Second Life librarian and an Australian med student and are among the people who will help round out a Mayo Clinic advisory board that will help draft industry guidelines for using social media to improve health care.
MedCity News

Minnesota angel tax credit helps spur $30 million in investment

By Dan Haugen | 01/25/11
Minnesota’s angel tax credit has helped loosen investors’ checkbooks to the tune of $30 million so far, including more than $10 million for medical-related startups.
Business Agenda

3M facility to develop products 'for India, in India'

By Dan Haugen | 10/30/09
3M is building a new research and development facility in Bangalore, India, that will focus on producing products "in India, for India."