...definitely be big, bigger than any kind of private strike we would envision," said Paul Anton, chief economist of Anton, Lubov & Associates of Minneapolis. "And at a time when we are in an economic slowdown, it would be especially bad to throw...

...We're looking at what happened last year, not at what's happening now," said Andrea Lubov, senior economist at Anton, Lubov & Associates, a Minneapolis economic consulting firm. The past may not predict the future, but Casale said Minnesota...

...haven't had significant white-collar unemployment in a very long time," said Andrea Lubov, senior economist at Anton, Lubov & Associates, an economic consulting firm based in Minneapolis. "With such people out of work, it's going to...

...Our economy overall is rather more diversified than our immediate neighbors," said Paul Anton, president of Anton, Lubov & Associates. "But I don't think we're immune or resistant to a recession, if one shows up." Minnesota had...