Competitive Wisconsin unveils economic development plan
Competitive Wisconsin, Inc. (CWI) today announced a new plan for economic development designed to grow Wisconsin's economy by $22 billion and generate $1.32...
Lead paint makers score big victory
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
The lead paint industry scored a major victory today in the first of 30-plus personal injury lawsuits...
State foreclosures surge in October
WisBusiness.com
Wisconsin foreclosure filings reached record highs in October according to newly released datacompiled by ForeclosuresWI.com, a leading provider of Wisconsin foreclosureresources and statistics....
WisBusiness: PSC grants MGE rate increase
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The state Public Service Commission today granted Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) rate hikes for natural gas and electricity, but for significantly less...
WisBusiness: Retailers looking for strong holiday sales
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
In spite of high gas prices and a slumping housing market, Badger State shoppers have hit the stores and...
WisBusiness: $350 Million Sales Tax Case Gets Argued Thursday before High Court
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
As controversy swirls around the high court's newest justice, the Wisconsin State Supreme Court on Thursday will hear arguments...
WisBusiness: Bio Exec survey says business is improving
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
Business is booming for Milwaukee-based Cambridge Major Labs, which contracts with biotech companies, emerging drug makers and global multinationals....
WisBusiness: Chief Justice Quizzes Menasha Attorney on Software Tax
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
A pivotal $350 million sales tax case before the state Supreme Court brought sharp questioning from the chief justice...
WisBusiness: Chinese appetite for whey growing
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
The Chinese may not have much of an appetite for cheese, but there is a huge market in the...
WisBusiness: Early Stage Symposium starts today in Madison
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness Staff
More than 375 participants – up from 325 last year – are expected for the 2007 Wisconsin Early...
WisBusiness: Futurist says change coming fast
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
MADISON – By the year 2050, there will be 1 million electronic sensors for every person on earth...
WisBusiness: Huge Crawford County pig farm vote could come in December
By Gregg Hoffmann
WisBusiness.com
A vote on a 2,900 hog operation in Crawford County could come as early as Dec. 7 amidst protests by some...
WisBusiness: Judge says DNR must reconsider Oak Creek cooling system
WisBusiness.com
The Department of Natural Resources will have to take another look at the cooling system We Energies wants to use for its new Oak...
WisBusiness: Leaders say stem cell breakthrough could bring jobs to state
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
MADISON – State leaders reacted positively Tuesday to news of a breakthrough in stem cell technology by UW-Madison scientists...
WisBusiness: Milwaukee professor says city is a hotbed for employers
By Ryan Cardarella
WisBusiness.com
In a lecture Tuesday, UW-Milwaukee Professor Sammis White highlighted the efforts of the Milwaukee 7 in creating a more vibrant...
WisBusiness: PSC to hear new rate request
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
Wisconsin Public Service Corp. will take its request for a 3.6 electric rateincrease to state regulators Tuesday. A series...
WisBusiness: Report says We Energies’ power plants produce biggest carbon footprint in state
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
The United States is the world’s largest producer of carbon dioxide – which many scientists believe is a major...
WisBusiness: Sandbox International turning sand castles into solid business ideas
By Jamie Jergenson
WisBusiness.com
MADISON -- Grab your shovel and pail. Playing in a sandbox isn’t just for kids anymore.
The area’s most creative minds...
WisBusiness: Six Midwest governors sign greenhouse gas pact in Milwaukee
By Ryan Cardarella
WisBusiness.com
Governors who signed a pact on Thursday to reduce the emission of greenhouse gasses touted the accord as an example...
WisBusiness: UW-Madison now nation’s No. 2 research university
WisBusiness.com
UW-Madison has leapfrogged the combined University of Michigan campuses and now ranks second in the country for research spending by a university.
According...
WisBusiness: WPS chief slams medical fund raid
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
James Riordan, CEO of Wisconsin Physicians Service (WPS)Insurance Corp., told a WisBusiness.com luncheon today that raiding the Injured Families...
WisBusiness.com: Madison chamber urges help in crafting first development plan in 25 years
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
MADISON - Following a controversy about leadership of capital city economic development, the head of Madison's chamber of commerce...
Wisconsin Home Sales Outperform Most States
WisBusiness.com
Softening sales but steady home values in the third quarter made Wisconsin’s housing market stronger than many other states, according to figures released...