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LEGO is going plant-based, sustainable
With their green, plant-inspired pieces, for now. As per the LEGO website,
"LEGO® botanical elements such as leaves, bushes and trees will be made from plant-based plastic sourced from sugarcane in the future and will...
Meanwhile, in South Korea…
South Korea’s National Assembly passed a bill on 2/28/18 to bring the country's maximum legal workweek hours down from 68 to 52.
Why?
People are overworked.
South Koreans have turned into workaholics since their economy started blossoming...
Pizzey Ingredients is building a flaxseed plant in Delano
With an investment of $3.2 million dollars, Manitoba, Canada-based company Pizzey Ingredients will be building a new 20,000 square foot processing plant in the West Metro Business Park of Delano. The plant will process...
Coca-Cola is getting in on the drinking game, adding alcohol
Coke doesn't just want to be your fizzy drink of choice - they want to be your night-out drink of choice as well. While at first it might seem like a Four Loko-esque bad idea,...
Heart valves and more: Caisson Interventional expands in Maple Grove
Caisson Interventional LLC is planning a huge $750,000 building expansion in Maple Grove. The expansion will add 30,000 square feet to its existing facilities, and will result in the addition of 50 jobs paying...
Your Facebook data is yours. Here’s how to get it:
People are, understandably, a little spooked after the recent Cambridge Analytica scandal that left millions of people, and their personal data, out in the open. Facebook is not the iron horse we once thought...
Need extra space to store your stuff? StorageMart is expanding in Chaska
StorageMart's humble beginnings, starting with just one, single store in Columbia, Missouri, has led to unimagined growth: The self-storage company is now the largest privately-owned and family operated company in the world.
Not bad for...
Illume Holding brightens with large investment
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development(DEED) has granted $175,000 from the Job Creation Fund and an additional $450,000 from the Minnesota Investment Fund to Illume Holding, Co.
DEED Commissioner Shawntera Hardy had the...
Technology is awesome: The future of pothole-filling machines
I have seen the future, and it is, in a word, awesome.
A friend of mine walked up to me recently and told me had a video link that he wanted to show me. Knowing...
The world’s (galaxy’s) first luxury space hotel will launch in 2021
Minnesota's inclement weather has us running for the hills. We need a break, if anything, from these snowdrifts, and frigid fingers and toes. We need a boost in morale. We need sunshine and short...
