Turnaround takes hold for state's largest firms

Survey of Minnesota's top companies shows sales, profits and employment bouncing back after the recession. More...

Minnesota's biggest companies are healing after the Great Recession

The state's biggest companies are making more money and starting to hire.

Our annual survey of Minnesota largest publicly held companies

Executives at most of Minnesota's biggest companies think 2011 is going to be a strong year for sales, hiring and capital investment. They also think health care reform needs to be revisited, pronto.

The Bottom 50: Diverse and mostly profitable

This eclectic collection of small-cap companies outperformed the Star Tribune 100 last year.

Comings and goings: Evolutions

A frothy mergers and acquisitions market, cash-rich suitors and a recovering economy combined to create lots of turnover on our Star Tribune 100 list last year. Medical device companies were especially attractive targets. And two initial public offerings added fresh faces, as well.

Survey says

The 2011 Star Tribune 100 survery questions