"I'm the kind of person willing to pay more in taxes because of all the attributes and benefits Minnesota offers, " said John Taft, CEO of Minneapolis-based RBC Wealth Management.

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Meanwhile Shawn Spott, manager of corporate intelligence and research at RBC Wealth Management, responded to a request for better insight into sales and market performance by taking a couple of years to think about what information executives needed and how complex data could be presented simply.

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