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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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At least our hometown bank can compete with New York?

By Dan Haugen | 10/13/09
From the tortured ledes department: TheStreet.com says the Twins may have been swept by the Yankees, but Minnesotans should look on the bright side because our hometown U.S. Bancorp is having a great year, too.
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Target.com launches digital newsstand

By Dan Haugen | 10/13/09
First Best Buy, then West Law, now Target is getting into the e-reading business. Target announced today it will partner with digital distributor Zinio on a Target.com electronic newsstand, where customers can download popular magazine titles.
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Digital River loses biggest customer, sees stock plunge

By Dan Haugen | 10/12/09
Digital River's stock went over a waterfall today, with investors bailing on the e-commerce company after it announced that it's losing its largest customer. At least one analyst says investors are overreacting.
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Buffalo Wild Wings CEO talks about chain's growth

By Dan Haugen | 10/12/09
Buffalo Wild Wings CEO Sally Smith talks with Finance & Commerce about how she came to lead one of the fastest-growing restaurant chains in the world.
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Xcel to dedicate coal-to-natural-gas plant conversion

By Dan Haugen | 10/12/09
A couple of important dates for Xcel Energy this week: On Tuesday, the company dedicates its newly converted Riverside power plant in northeast Minneapolis. On Thursday, the state's Cold Weather Rule takes effect.
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General Mills partners on new cereal innovation center

By Dan Haugen | 10/12/09
A joint venture between General Mills and Nestle is creating a new cereal innovation center in Switzerland.
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Video artist takes over every HDTV at Best Buy store

By Dan Haugen | 10/09/09
An experimental video artist took over every single HDTV in a Manhattan, N.Y., Best Buy store last night, temporarily transforming the retail space into a contemporary art gallery.
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West to sell electronic editions of some law textbooks

By Dan Haugen | 10/09/09
West announced it's making close to 30 of its titles available for sale as electronic downloads for the Amazon Kindle and other e-reading devices.
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Klobochar co-authors new letter against device tax

By Dan Haugen | 10/08/09
Sen. Amy Klobuchar continues to fight a proposed tax on medical devices. Klobuchar co-authored a new letter to Senate leaders today arguing against the tax, which would affect such major Minnesota companies as Medtronic and St.
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Best Buy to sell $150 electronic Rubik's Cube

By Dan Haugen | 10/08/09
On Monday I saw comedian David Cross perform at the State Theater. One of his bits was about unnecessary products aimed at solving non-existent problems.