TOP STORIES
GM may reopen Janesville plant: Sales of vehicles produced at the General Motors Co. Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas City, Kan., are so strong that the manufacturer is considering reopening some idled plants, including the facility in Janesville, to provide extra capacity, a spokesman said Monday. Kraft/Oscar Mayer, union reach tentative deal: Negotiators for Kraft/Oscar Mayer and the union representing 900 employees in Madison have reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract, just as the company is adding to its staff here. Greenheck’s fans blow through Burj Dubai: A 160-story skyscraper that opened last week in Dubai has a local connection: 3,900 of its fans were manufactured by Schofield-based brains and muscle. Greenheck Fan Corp. of Schofield built nearly every fan in the half-mile tall tower that now stands as the tallest building in the world, said Richard Robertson, Greenheck’s vice president of international operations. PSC Approves Construction of State’s Largest Wind Farm: In an oral decision on Monday, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin approved Wisconsin Electric Power Company’s request to construct a new wind electric generation facility in Columbia County, capable of producing up to 207 megawatts at a cost between $335 million and $435 million. WEPCO filed an application two years ago with the PSC for permission to build the Glacier Hills Wind Park in the towns of Randolph and Scott in the northeast part of Columbia County to help meet its Renewable Portfolio Standard requirements. Wisconsin law requires the state to produce 10 percent of its electric energy from renewable sources by 2015. Firm wants to build recycling plant for Town of Algoma: Quarles and Brady LLP will review financial documents that could clear the way for financing up to $25 million in industrial bonds for a first of its kind car parts recycling plant in the town of Algoma.
************************************************************ See commentary from around the state and columns from WisBusiness contributors Jennifer Sereno, Kevin McKinley, Tom Burzinski, Gregg Hoffmann, Tom Still and Steve Jagler: ************************************************************ TECHNOLOGY (back to top)
ECONOMY (back to top)
MANUFACTURING (back to top) – Wausau Paper implies higher 2010 earnings
LABOR (back to top)
SMALL BUSINESS (back to top)
INVESTING (back to top)
REAL ESTATE (back to top) – Dane County foreclosure filings up for 33rd month – Downtown dreamin’: Group has big ideas for transforming central Madison – Milwaukee-area home sales up slightly
AGRIBUSINESS (back to top) – Farmers fight back against economy, animal rights groups
RETAIL (back to top)
HEALTH CARE (back to top)
FINANCIAL SERVICES (back to top) – Layton State Bank accepts TARP funds
MANAGEMENT (back to top) – Aurora adds business leaders to board PRESS RELEASES (back to top) For these and more releases visit http://www.wisbusiness.com/index.iml?Content=82 |
Quick links
WisBusiness sponsors Media partners National business round-ups |
(c)2010 WisBusiness.com.
All rights reserved. Reproduction or retransmission of this
publication, in whole or in part, without the express permission of
WisBusiness.com is prohibited. Unauthorized reproduction violates
United States copyright law (17 USC 101 et seq.), as does
retransmission by facsimile or any other electronic means, including
electronic mail.
