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General Mills makes Cheerios a serial business 
The cereal tinkerers who invented Cheerios 71 years ago needed only one variety, the yellow-box original that remains a staple of American breakfast tables.
They would barely recognize what their humble oat concoction has become.
By Mike Hughlett , March 04, 2012
Tide comes up with liquid detergent-filled tablets to make laundry easier
It took eight years, 450 product sketches, 6,000 consumer tests and hundreds of millions of dollars for Procter & Gamble to create something that it hopes will be destroyed in the wash. Tide Pods are palm-size, liquid detergent-filled tablets that are designed to be tossed in the washer to take the measuring cups — and messiness — out of laundry. P&G says the product, which hit store shelves last month, is its biggest innovation in laundry in about a quarter of a century.
By Mae Anderson , March 04, 2012
RALPH KINGSBURY: If our grandparents could see North Dakota now
Here we go again: This month’s numbers show a pretty strong local scene and an unbelievable state economy.
By Ralph Kingsbury , March 03, 2012
Dalrymple administration urges United to offer Grand Forks flights
North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple has been making a case for United Airlines service to and from Grand Forks. A spokesman had said the administration was fairly certain United would come, but spokeswoman Jody Link clarified that no decision has been made.
By Herald Staff Report , March 01, 2012
'Sir Can-A-Lot' to tell Spam story (VIDEOS)
Sir Can-A-Lot is a tiny knight who evokes Spam's unusual place in pop culture.
By Tom Webb , March 01, 2012
Zuckerberg’s focus drives Facebook’s ascent
As Facebook begins the journey to an IPO, Facebook’s founder and CEO is entering a new phase. In the coming months, questions inevitably will be raised about whether he will be a CEO as passionate about the business of Facebook as he is on creating the addictive social software that he so clearly loves.
By Mike Swift , February 10, 2012
Smartphones make farmers smarter
Like a growing number of agriculturalists, Rick Swenson uses his cellphone for more than talking.
By Jonathan Knutson , February 05, 2012
Auto sales rise in January
U.S. sales of new cars and trucks rose 11 percent to 913,287 in January. New models, low interest rates and better loan availability helped buyers overcome lingering worries about the economy and pushed the sales pace to its highest level since the Cash for Clunkers program in August 2009.
By Dee-Ann Durbin and Tom Krisher , February 01, 2012
Enbridge proposes oil pipeline beneath western Lake Sakakawea
Enbridge Inc. says the pipeline would carry up to 60,000 barrels of oil daily. It would cost $136 million to build, and the company wants to start operations by the end of 2013.
By Dale Wetzel , February 01, 2012
Facebook plans to go public, files for IPO to raise $5 billion
Facebook made a much-anticipated status update Wednesday: The Internet social network is going public eight years after its computer-hacking CEO Mark Zuckerberg started the service at Harvard University.
By Barbara Ortutay and Michael Liedtke , February 01, 2012
December new-home purchases decline, making 2011 worst ever for sales
Economists caution that housing is a long way from fully recovering. Builders have stopped working on many projects because it's been hard for them to get financing or to compete with cheaper resale homes. For many Americans, buying a home remains too big a risk more than four years after the housing bubble burst.
By Derek Kravitz , January 26, 2012
Target teams up with small boutiques to offer limited edition products nationally
Target is teaming up with unique specialty shops to offer limited edition merchandise, from dog biscuits to platform shoes, as it attempts to further distinguish itself from rivals. The company also confirmed reports today that it will test expanded displays of Apple products in 25 stores.
By Anne D'Innocenzio , January 12, 2012
FDA says Johnson & Johnson erred in reporting insulin pump problems
Federal regulators have warned Johnson & Johnson that it could face fines and other sanctions for selling faulty insulin pumps and delaying disclosures of serious injuries to diabetics who used them. The Food and Drug Administration ordered J&J's Animas Corp. unit to promptly provide a plan to rectify its failure to report within 30 days cases where its device may have caused or contributed to death or serious injury.
By Linda A. Johnson , January 11, 2012
Bankruptcy filing for maker of Twinkies
Twinkies maker Hostess Brands has filed for Chapter 11 reorganization to deal with high labor costs.
By Associated Press , January 11, 2012
Sanford Health opens women’s unit in Fargo
Spokeswoman Andrea Voorhees said the new women's unit is for patients going through such things as breast surgeries and postpartum care. It has hotel-like amenities, spa bathrooms and larger rooms for families.
By Associated Press , January 10, 2012
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