What a difference 17,000 Target employees have made to downtown Minneapolis.  On a perfect day, I had an opportunity to visit Target's headquarters on Nicollet Mall.  There was a busy flow of casually dressed people (average age looked to be maybe 26?  28?  young), giving these corporate headquarters an unmistakeable…

Monocle’s 2008 listing of the World’s Top 25 Most Liveable Cities features two new U.S. entries to the list.  Along with Honolulu, which was included in the first listing last year, Minneapolis and Portland have also ranked in this survey of the cities that offer the best quality of life. …