MN Forward

Target, Best Buy and 3M lost their top rankings in an index compiled by an influential gay-rights group after the companies made significant campaign donations to an organization that backs the election of an anti-gay political candidate.

Businesses large and small have complained for years about the cost of doing business. And it's not unusual for them to use the cost of hiring moderate-income workers to illustrate their points. Here's what they fail to mention.

Here's news from the business world and other money matters to watch out for Wednesday (last updated at 7:59 a.m. Eastern time): FCC Bungling Propelled 'Net Neutrality' Deal: Efforts by the Federal Communications Commission in recent years to maintain a level playing field for Internet traffic may...

Target's efforts to make nice with the gay community fizzled after it rejected proposals to donate money to gay-rights groups to offset an earlier donation helping the election of a conservative, anti-gay Minnesota gubernatorial candidate.

MoveOn.org plans to escalate its ongoing protest against Target, America's second-largest retailer. Still unclear: Is the protest about Target's decision to make any political donations, or the specific politics of the donation recipients?

It's a rare day that Target is the object of consumer scorn, but that day has come. The retailer is under fire for donating money to a political action committee that supports a conservative politician opposed to gay marriage. It's quite a tangled web and Target is now facing a boycott as gay...