Midwest Airlines to cut flights, lay off 109 employees
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Battered by soaring fuel prices, Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines says it will cut some flights and lay off 109 employees, including 35 pilots. ...
Rockwell’s earnings plummet
Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation Inc.'s fiscal second quarter net income dropped to $142.8 million, or 96 cents per share, from $729.3 million, or $4.45 per...
WisBusiness: Asthma treatment on the go from Platypus
By Rachel Leisemann
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Twenty-two million Americans diagnosed with asthma may soon have a new, fast and accurate method to detect breathing changes and...
WisBusiness: Study says workers comp costs rising fast
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The average workers compensation total cost per claim in Wisconsin grew rapidly from 2000 through 2005, according to a recent study, but remained...
WisBusiness: Unemployment down in most Wisconsin metro areas
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Unemployment rates in nine of Wisconsin's 12 metropolitan areas dropped in March from February, while two saw increases and one experienced...
WisBusiness: AirTran posts loss, scales back growth
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High fuel costs are hammering airlines around the country and AirTran Airways, which tried to take over Midwest Airlines a year ago...
WisBusiness: Bugher says don’t fret over Famous Footwear departure
By Brian E. Clark
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The impending loss of Famous Footwear’s headquarters and its 270 corporate jobs is unwelcome, but Madison officials shouldn’t lose...
WisBusiness: Carver Yachts to add 450 jobs
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Carver Yachts is expanding its Marquis Yacht Division plant in Pulaski and plans to open new facilities in Oconto County and Green...
WisBusiness: Chromalox to shut two state plants
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Chromalox announced today that rising costs are forcing it to close plants in two southern Wisconsin communities in July and lay off a...
WisBusiness: Doyle announces grant for Evansville soybean plant
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Landmark Services Cooperative, a farmer-owned cooperative, has been awarded a $4 million grant to build a soybean crushing plant in Evansville with the...
WisBusiness: Doyle meets with top British stem cell scientist
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Gov. Jim Doyle met today in London with British stem cell expert Dr. Stephen Minger to discuss Wisconsin’s increasing role in the...
WisBusiness: Doyle to visit Ireland, UK
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Gov. Jim Doyle is headed abroad on another trade mission.
The governor has been on at least six in his two terms....
WisBusiness: DriveAlternatives.com provides convenient service for green drivers
By Ann Huenink
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For those who choose to drive “green,” finding fuel stations across the United States just got a little easier.
DriveAlternatives.com, developed...
WisBusiness: Expert says speculators pushing up oil prices
By Brian E. Clark
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Analysts say the world is well supplied with oil now, though you might not know it with gasoline prices...
WisBusiness: Expert says Wisconsin’s manufacturing economy poised for success
By Rebecca Kontowicz
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Wisconsin's industrial economy is well-positioned to become a 21st century
leader in manufacturing, according to John Brandt, founder of the MPI...
WisBusiness: Expert touts savings in ‘smart grid’
By Brian E. Clark
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The nation’s utilities and their customers could save more than $70 billion over the next two decades if they...
WisBusiness: Famous Footwear to leave Madison, take 270 jobs
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Brown Shoe Co. announced today it will move Madison-based Famous Footwear's corporate headquarters to St. Louis.
The move had been rumored for months...
WisBusiness: GM to lay off 750 in Janesville
By Brian E. Clark
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General Motors will cut one shift at the Janesville assembly plant in July and lay off about 750 employees...
WisBusiness: Guv urges ban on dumping of lightweight thermal paper
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Gov. Jim Doyle today urged the U.S. Department of Commerce to protect jobs in Wisconsin by stopping the importation of artificially low-priced lightweight...
WisBusiness: Hoeksema says Midwest will weather airline storm
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Midwest Airlines shouldn’t need to lay off any more employees if jet fuel prices remain stable, Tim Hoeksema, the company’s president and CEO...
WisBusiness: NxtMile making strides as developer of Baby Boomer running shoe
By Leslie Vos
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Did you know that most running shoes are designed for people between the ages of 18 and 30? Waunakee resident...
WisBusiness: Racine firm hopes to retire rapidly rising winter heating bills
By C.J. Stanford
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RACINE - A new company called 2DX2 is using the natural warmth of the earth to supply heating and cooling...
WisBusiness: State foreclosures remain high
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Wisconsin foreclosure filings continue at escalated levels, according to newly released data compiled by ForeclosuresWI.com. In March, 2,069 homes entered foreclosure,...
WisBusiness: Stevens Point conference will focus on biofuels
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Researchers, investors and ethanol producers, plus representatives of paper and forest products companies should be well represented at a biofuels conference set for...
WisBusiness: Weak dollar benefits some Wisconsin companies
By Brian E. Clark
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The declining dollar is a two-edged sword.
Economists say it is making the price of gasoline, food, many imported...
WisBusiness: WIEG says utility rate hike request ‘excessive’
By Brian E. Clark
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A proposed utility rate hike could raise some Badger State industries’ electric bills by $1 million or more annually...
WisBusiness: Wisconsin primed for biofuel success, conference attendees say
By Jeff Decker
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STEVENS POINT -- As oil prices rise along with consumption, businesses are looking to a variety of biofuels to meet energy...
WisBusiness.com: Experts says Wisconsin should weather recession
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Retired UW-Madison Economist Don Nichols said today that Wisconsin should weather the current recession better than many other states.
Speaking at an Economic Outlook...