Beginning today, you’ll see our expanded daily business report.

When you check out our enhanced Business Agenda daily section below, you’ll find two new features:

• A daily business news story, analysis or backgrounder from Brad Allen that will deal with local and regional business developments and trends and, often, with how they relate to the “big picture” economic world. Brad is an experienced reporter in both the general and financial press, and he also has spent a large chunk of his career in the corporate world, particularly in investor relations for technology companies. You can read some of his recent MinnPost articles here.

• A partnership with the Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal, one of 42 local business newspapers owned by American City Business Journals. Its staff will bring you coverage of breaking local business news, as well as features and backgrounders. Look for two daily news summaries: Our A.M. Report will go live about midmorning, and our P.M. report will be posted in mid- or late afternoon.

The new package is meant to complement our occasional in-depth business stories, such as Dave Beal’s Wednesday report on some of the psychological forces driving investors’ decisions in the world’s financial markets.

We hope you find our expanded coverage helpful in providing a more comprehensive look at the business and economic world, and we welcome your feedback on the enhancements. You can leave your thoughts in the comment section below.

Don Effenberger is a MinnPost news editor. He can be reached at deffenberger [at] minnpost [dot] com or followed on Twitter @DonEffenberger.