Ginseng trade agreement with China could be worth $12M over five years
By WisBusiness.com Staff
Gov. Jim Doyle announced a trade agreement between the Wisconsin Ginseng Board and a Chinese company today he said will result in...
GreenBiz: Hospital combines with brewery to “energize health care”
LA CROSSE - It might seem like a stretch to combine beer and health care in one idea, but City Brewery and Gundersen Lutheran...
WisBusiness: Beige Book shows state poised for weak growth in final quarter of 2009
By Tracy Will
WisBusiness.com
The Federal Reserve Beige Book released Oct. 21 from Minneapolis and Chicago reported improving trends in Wisconsin and “cautious optimism for improvement,”...
WisBusiness: Cap on BadgerCare Core Plan forces `feverish’ work on alternative
By Tracy Will
For WisBusiness.com
MADISON -- With BadgerCare’s core program being capped at week's end, Wisconsin officials are “feverishly” working on an alternative to...
WisBusiness: Dems join with business and union officials for economic task force
By Andy Szal
WisBusiness.com
MADISON -- Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan joined fellow Democrats, union officials and business leaders in unveiling the Partnership for a Stronger...
WisBusiness: Microbrewers wary of potential hike in beer tax
By Andy Szal
WisBusiness.com
MADISON -- Officials from two Wisconsin microbreweries told a legislative committee that an increase in the state's beer tax would cost...
WisBusiness: Prospect of reform changes outlook for medical companies
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
MIDDLETON -- The push to reform health care is already forcing drug, device and diagnostic companies to make changes...
WisBusiness: Rural issues forum covers health care, farming, local food initiatives
By Gregg Hoffmann
For WisBusiness.com
VIROQUA -- Issues ranging from health care for farmers to local food initiatives consumed the first of three rural issues...
WisBusiness: Southwest Airlines uses social media to build customer loyalty
By Tracy Will
For WisBusiness.com
WHITEWATER -- Southwest Airlines “Blogger-In-Chief” Paula Berg has blogged, “tweeted” and made new social media sites the centerpiece of the...
WisBusiness: State’s chief economist sees lost jobs returning in 2012
By Brian E. Clark
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MADISON -- Wisconsin’s economy may be clawing its way back to health, but the state won’t regain the 130,000-plus jobs...
WisBusiness: Wisconsin input has been key to cap-and-trade changes
By Brian E. Clark
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MADISON -- Wisconsin advocates have played a key role in shaping federal cap-and-trade energy legislation aimed at reducing greenhouse...
WisBusiness.com Media Watch: Madison-based media watchdog group scores via health care debate
By Erik Gunn
For WisBusiness.com
A Madison-based national media watchdog group is getting a boost out of this year's long-running health care debate -- a...