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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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Best Buy to launch e-reader Kindle competitor

By Dan Haugen | 09/23/09
The New York Times reports that Best Buy is partnering with Verizon on a new electronic reading device called the iRex. The $399 touch-screen e-reader will go on sale at a few hundred Best Buy stores next month.
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UnitedHealth targeted by health-reform demonstrators

By Dan Haugen | 09/23/09
A national day of protest against large health insurance companies included rallies outside UnitedHealth Group's Minnetonka headquarters.
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General Mills first-quarter sales increase 1 percent

By Dan Haugen | 09/23/09
The Golden Valley food giant issued its first-quarter financial results to investors today. The company's net sales grew 1 percent to $3.5 billion in the 13 weeks ending Aug. 30. That's after a 14 percent spurt last year.
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Norwest veteran to step into Wells Fargo chairman role

By Dan Haugen | 09/22/09
John Stumpf, who joined a Norwest subsidiary in 1982, already succeeded chairman Dick Kovacevich as CEO two years ago. The company said today that Kovacevich will step down as chairman at the end of the year.
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General Mills makes Working Mother list once again

By Dan Haugen | 09/22/09
Working Mother magazine puts General Mills, Carlson, and RSM McGladrey on its annual 100 Best Companies list.
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Minnesota companies going green but have a ways to go

By Dan Haugen | 09/22/09
Several Minnesota companies appear on Newsweek magazine's 2009 "green" company rankings, although none of them receive an overly enthusiastic endorsement.
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Medtronic says it beats Boston Scientific in stent study

By Dan Haugen | 09/21/09
Medtronic says its Endeavor drug-coated stent outperformed the Boston Scientific's Taxus stent in a three-year clinical trial.
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UnitedHealthcare exec climbs on influential women list

By Dan Haugen | 09/21/09
Gail Boudreaux, president of UnitedHealthcare and executive vice president of UnitedHealth Group,has climbed a few spots on an annual magazine ranking of influential businesswomen.
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3M earns award for energy-saving LCD screen film

By Dan Haugen | 09/21/09
The Alliance to Save Energy gave 3M's Vikuiti film an "Innovative Star of Energy Efficiency" award. The product reduces the number of watts needed to power TVs and monitors by recycling light that's typically lost.
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Best Buy plans to increase holiday hiring this year

By Dan Haugen | 09/18/09
Target plans to hire fewer seasonal workers this winter, but Best Buy will be increasing its holiday hiring, compared with 2008, a spokeswoman told MinnPost this afternoon.