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Monday Business

Commuters dodge headaches as freight-rail strike averted

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A deal reached Thursday between freight rail companies and their workers has ensured that commuter rail systems that also would have been affected can serve customers unimpeded. That's good news for commuters on the Virginia Railway Express outside the nation's ...

State’s 2Q exports soar to record high

ST. PAUL — State exports of manufactured, agricultural, and mining goods were up 12 percent over the second quarter of 2021, valued at $6.7 billion in the second quarter of 2022, according to Gov. Tim Walz, reaching the highest level on record “Minnesota’s workers and businesses are ...

Massage therapist joins Wellness Collective

The New Ulm Wellness Collective has added certified massage therapist Denae Forstner to the staff. Denae has just opened her practice, Raw Therapy and Wellness, in New Ulm. She was born and raised in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and moved to southern Minnesota after college. Raw Therapy and ...

Unions blast rail move to delay shipments before deadline

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The heads of the nation's two largest rail unions said Sunday that the freight railroads' move to begin delaying some shipments ahead of this week's looming strike deadline is only an attempt to get shippers to increase the pressure on Congress to intervene and block a work ...

Visa, Mastercard, AmEx to start categorizing gun shop sales

NEW YORK (AP) — Payment processor Visa Inc. said Saturday that it plans to start separately categorizing sales at gun shops, a major win for gun control advocates who say it will help better track suspicious surges of gun sales that could be a prelude to a mass shooting. But the decision by ...

Nuvera declares third-quarter dividend

NEW ULM — The Board of Directors of Nuvera Communications last week approved a third-quarter dividend payment of $.14 per share to be paid to shareholders of record at the close of business on Sept. 9 and payable on Sept. 16. “Nuvera’s significant investment in the fiber overbuild for ...