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From the Strib:

Don't expect Golden Valley-based General Mills to repeat the public relations nightmare Target Corp. suffered after it made a donation to a pro-business political group.

At General Mills' annual meeting Monday, a shareholder asked chief executive Ken Powell about the company's policy on political donations in light of Target's experience.

The answer was brief put pointed: "We have not done this, and have no plans to do so," Powell told investors at the Children's Theatre in Minneapolis.