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• Fingerhut anniversary recalls tumultuous year
  One year ago, Federated Department Stores announced its Fingerhut subsidiary would probably close in a matter of months. Today the Fingerhut name survives, but the economic upheaval of the past year is far from over.January 16, 2003
• Manufacturing and high paying jobs shrink in greater Minnesota
  Small towns across greater Minnesota cashed in on a boom in high-paying manufacturing jobs gained in the years between 1991 and 2000. But the manufacturing sector has been hit the hardest in Minnesota by the recession. For workers in out-state Minnesota and their communities plant closings and layoffs can be devastating.November 25, 2002
• Finding a job in Minnesota
  Host Gary Eichten talks with career counselor Amy Lindgren about the state's job market and how to get your dream job.November 13, 2002
• Boring jobs shorten your life span
  Think high-pressure jobs take years off your life? Think again. It's boring, undemanding jobs that are more likely to shorten your life span according to one researcher.October 15, 2002
• Tough times ahead for Northwest
  Northwest Airlines has yet to emerge from the perilous downturn in the travel industry, though the airline is performing better than most of its peers. Flights are filling up, but Northwest is flying fewer planes, and making less money off their once all important business travelers. Now the Eagan-based airline is asking its employees to help it avoid sinking any further. But the airline's unions say they don't trust Northwest's management, and they will resist giving back hard-won wages and benefits.September 16, 2002
• From Moscow to the Northwoods
  Yulia Lyagina is hoping to get a job in Moscow, but she's in Minnesota for the summer. She works the front desk at a resort on Lake Superior. Hundreds of thousands of foreign college students come to the United States each summer to work at hotels and restaurants and summer camps. It's hard to know exactly how many are in Minnesota -- but it's a lot. Valley Fair amusement park, alone, employs 200. The students make more money than they could at home. And business owners say they'd have trouble filling the jobs without international students.August 1, 2002

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