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This section offers news briefs in Minnesota as of September 2008. Minnesota Gambling Control Board announced that smoking ban in the state affected the operations of charitable gaming industry. Charitable gaming fell 13 percent or $40 million in the last three months of 2007 when the ban commenced. The merging of Northwest Airlines with Delta Airlines in September 2008 is seen to affect 31,000 employees due to job transfer and laying-off.

The article describes the poor economic performance of Minnesota in 2007. According to a study released by a faculty member at the University of St. Thomas in January 2008, median sale prices of homes declined to more than 2 percent while foreclosures doubled in 2007 compared with 2006. Unemployment rate in the state, however, increased from 4.4 per cent to 4.9 per cent in December 2007.

The author assesses the value of real estate in the Minneapolis, Minnesota metropolitan area. The ratio of active listings to each buyer increased by about 50% in 2006, with a third of the more than 150 communities monitored by the Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors saw median sales decrease. Home sales also decreased to about 10% from February to May 2007. According to RealtyTrac, there were 2,468 foreclosures or 95%of all foreclosures in the state.

The article focuses on the North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society which was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. International economics and econometrics were among the areas addressed at the panel discussion. An address titled Liberalization of Trade versus Capital was presented by Nobuhiro Kiyotaki of the London School of Economics in England.

Provides information on the first Community Development Forum of 2005 held on March 21 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Examination of national trends for the gross domestic product; Discussion of the findings of a recent Minnesota Council of Nonprofits report on nonprofit employment and financial trends; Significance of the forum.

Deals with the domination of Minnesota on average hourly wage rate for all occupations among other states in the U. S. in 2001. Range of average wages in district states; Average hourly wage of various occupations.

Deals with the proposal of the American Transmission Co. to expand the electricity transmission in Minnesota. Details of the expansion plan; Amount allocated for the expansion of the transmission line; Operation of the state's transmission line.

Reports on the total tax collection in the U.S. Ninth District in 2001. Increase in per capita collection in Minnesota; Reason for the low ranking of Montana; Components of federal tax collection.

Comments on the role the University of Minnesota should play to ensure the development and progress of the state's economy. Concerns regarding the state's faltering economy; Need for a partnership between the university and the local business community; Attempts of the government to pursue commercially oriented research.

Highlights the sale of Cannon Valley Bank, the only local financial institution in Dundas, Minnesota, to F&M Bancorporation. Customers and employees' hesitance towards the new owner; Retention of Duane Swanson as bank president.

Focuses on various events in the state of Minnesota as of July 1991. Leadership training of Soviet leaders in Grand Rapids conducted by Blandin Foundation; Growth of shopping centers and malls.