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$4 million Spectrum deal had a stealth component

550 new hotel rooms to add competition in downtown Milwaukee

Ads in favor of Beloit casino hit airwaves

AECOM moving 90 jobs to Schlitz Park in Milwaukee

Agnesian plans new hospital at Ripon

AirTran keeps big lead at Mitchell; tops for 2011

Alice.com gets another financial boost

Appleton firm Snagg says RFID technology has numerous applications

Assembly could vote on mining next week

Associated Banc-Corp meets profit estimates

Badger Meter to acquire Racine Federated for $57 million

Baraboo: Distribution center back in business

Beloit residents get first look at proposed casino project

Big crowd expected for Hurley mining hearing

Bill requiring farmer representation on DNR Board considered

Bill to give local officials control over windmill siting would trump state rules

Bills seek more local mining control

BizOpinion: Demise of Internet piracy acts speak to power of online democracy

BizOpinion: Even if 250,000 jobs aren’t achievable, goal of robust economic recovery must remain

BizOpinion: In pharmacies, consumer choice should trump profit

BizOpinion: Is Epic Systems to Madison what Dell was to Austin?

BizOpinion: Looking ahead to 2012 — Some business trends worth tracking

BizOpinion: Making the rural connections

BizOpinion: Republican Party’s ‘non-Romneys’ wrong on definition of venture capital

BizOpinion: Wisconsin isn’t a ‘flyover’ state when it comes to the aerospace industry

BMO Harris Bank to lay off 350

Bon-Ton CEO to work in Milwaukee, receive $1M base salary

Bon-Ton Stores names new CEO

Briggs & Stratton swings to profit but will close some plants

Briggs CEO Teske takes over as WMC chairman

Business owners fighting to save image of downtown Janesville

Businesses to combine for manufacturing, distribution of cabinets

Callers jam Sheboygan City Hall phone lines to protest casino

CalStar changes CEOs, predicts larger workforce

Caterpillar to sell a piece of Bucyrus distribution business

Centergy official to leave for job with Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.

CEO Harvey to retire from Alliant; Kampling will take over in April

CEO survey: One in four banks hiring in 2012

CEOs predict growth in 2012 in WMC survey

Changes proposed for wetland permits

Cheapest plan to hold back Asian carp carries $3 billion price tag

Chicago investors acquire Great Lakes Packaging Corp.

Children’s Hospital names new chief financial officer

China fuels A.O. Smith earnings increase

Commerce head calls on local groups to boost hiring

Commission rejects part of State Street redevelopment plan

Contract talks resume at Manitowoc Co.

Coordinated effort helped Superior land aircraft company

Counterfeit Packers tickets prompt warning from police

Critics say proposal would destroy wetland habitats

Cub Foods closes last Wisconsin store; Metcalfe’s prepares to fill void

Curtailing kids work on farms

DATCP planning state’s first trade visit to Vietnam

Deal with Caterpillar means jobs for Superior

Delta is dropping Madison-Washington route

Democrats take mining bill north

Developers bet on apartments as weak demand continues in housing market

Developers expect strong year along Highway 41

Digitizing health records, before it was cool

Douglas County panel approves land transfer for aircraft assembly plant

EAA lays off nearly 30 employees in restructuring effort

Early Walker endorsement irks some Realtors

Eau Claire company given loan from city, pledges to create 22 new jobs

Economic trends 2012: Recovery with peril

Economic worries, passenger decline worry Central Wisconsin Airport

Elections are good business for Roto-Graphic Printing

Element Mobile ringing up most complaints among state’s wireless providers

End of ethanol subsidy cited in gas price hike

Ethanol subsidy ends: Will gas, corn prices go up?

Ex-boss: Joerns closure about greed

Executive Q&A: Google exec learns from entrepreneurs

Expert teams aid dairy farmers in company management

Farmer charged in raw milk case appears in court

Fed report critical of Legacy Bank’s management

FEMA says mining bill could cut federal flood insurance

Former long-time Schneider National president and CEO dies

Former Whiting NewPage millworkers evolve

Fox Valley small businesses feel the effects of the Great Recession credit crunch

Frontier Airlines begins Madison-Washington service on Thursday

Gibson names Waukesha a ‘GuitarTown’

GOP sends streamlined mining bill to Assembly

GOP takes mining bill north

Gov. Walker creates College and Workforce Readiness Council

Green Bay mayor, Brown Co. supervisor team to back KI expansion

Green Bay OKs hotel tax hike for KI Convention Center project

Green Bay: Resch Center aggressively pursuing WIAA state basketball

Grocery prices may ease a bit in 2012

Growing losses at Aurora Sinai raise questions about its future

Harley-Davidson posts profit after year-ago loss

Health insurance companies form new trade association

High-speed Internet access expanding to remote areas of Wisconsin

Hiring survey bullish on industry

Hiring up, unemployment rate falls to 8.5%

Ho Chunk to give proposal on Beloit casino

Home brewers support bill that would lift restrictions

Homes sales market a mixed bag in 2011

Hospitals hope to reduce readmissions, infections

I-90 bridge plans draw curiosity and criticism

Improving economy means seasonal work becoming permanent

Inside a ghost mall

Investment board nominee Petersen drew scrutiny in past stint

Jobless rate drops to 7.1 percent but state loses 1,700 jobs

Joerns Healthcare in Stevens Point slashes hundreds of jobs

Kestrel Aircraft Corp. to locate manufacturing facility and headquarters in Superior, employ 600

KI Convention Center funding hits snag with Brown County, too

Machinists union accepts Manitowoc Company’s offer

Madison may provide $1.89 million in TIF for South Side development

Madison needs to sell itself better, business and community leaders told

Madison staff report lukewarm in support for State Street plan

Madison: Catalent plans to move into former GE Healthcare Lunar building

Madison: Revised plan for 100 block of State Street brings mixed reactions

Manitowoc Company union votes today on settlement offer

Manufacturers and builders see hope

Marcus Investments buys Verlo

Marquis Yachts signs sales deal for China

Marshfield Clinic president prepares to depart

Marshfield-area officials say 2011 was ‘stable’ for local business development

Master Lock CEO participates in White House forum

Mayville Products Corp. to close plant; 130 jobs lost

Medical College of Wisconsin considers Green Bay-area campus

Menominee Tribe will try again to build Kenosha casino

Merger with Pamida to let Shopko expand to smaller towns

MGIC is still in the red

MGIC moves to continue writing policies in 2012

Milwaukee business leaders look to younger generation

Milwaukee: Housing moves in on city’s industrial areas

Miniature Precision Components to add 90 jobs in Janesville

Mining bill hearing packed; legitimacy questioned

Monroe firm recalls cheese due to possible listeria

More mass layoffs, plant closings In 2011

Mustard museum given a reprieve

National Mustard Museum asks for another extension on $200,000 loan

National union takes control of Milwaukee laborers’ local

Neenah takes step to lure major redevelopment

New apartments by downtown Wausau could attract young professionals, developers say

New jobs expected at Kohler Co. plant here after closing of Ark. faucet plant

New law sets waiting period for unemployment benefits

NewPage operating normally through Chapter 11 restructuring

Nonprofit sues University of Wisconsin for access to course outlines

Organic Valley sales up 15.3 percent

Oscar Mayer not affected much by Kraft Foods split

Oshkosh contract to turn profit sooner than expected

Oshkosh Corp. fights Icahn’s bid to control board of directors

Oshkosh Corp. shareholders back company in board election

Packers cancel Fan Fest again

Packers home-field advantage boosts bar patronage

Palmer Johnson sells two large yachts, ensuring 150-200 shipyard jobs

Panel to hear repeal on phosphorus ban

Parkland site in running for Magnetation pellet plant

Paul Ryan joins opponents of online piracy bill

Plastics firm will build new facility in Richfield

Potawatomi to announce plans for hotel near casino

Potawatomi to open $36 million data center

Prospect of Beloit casino seems to be improving

Realtors: Home sales stabilize in 2011 as median prices fall

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Residents have hopes, concerns for Beloit casino

Residents split on proposed Eau Claire County sand mines

Rockline founder lived rags-to-riches kind of life

Ryan Braun’s name gone from Lake Geneva restaurant

SC Johnson releases ‘fragrance palette’ to disclose product ingredients

Secret places: Control room can monitor 9,440 miles of transmission lines

Senate mining bill to differ from version adopted by Assembly

Senate mining bill to differ from version adopted by Assembly

Senate passes DNR Board & co-op development bills

SHINE selects Janesville for biomed plant

Shopko and Pamida to merge

Shoppes at Wyndham Village in Franklin sold in foreclosure auction

Soglin claims Madison was shut out of Spectrum move discussions

Some restaurants want ‘BYOB,’ though not legal in Wisconsin

Southeast Wisconsin closes 2011 with positive absorption in real estate

Spectrum Brands CEO receives $13.7 million compensation package

Spectrum Brands to move headquarters to Middleton

Stadium Interchange reconstruction planned for 2018

State conservationists launch anti-mining ad

State DNR: Mining bill could cost agency millions

State Farm goes to The Claymaker in State of Imitation III commercial

State grant supports Weldall growth in Waukesha

State makes $750,000 grant to water tech incubator

State to seek bids for new firm to run college savings programs

State wants input on broadband plans

State’s climate for banks improving

State’s decision to halt health exchanges worries insurers

Stoughton Trailers plans to add 125 jobs

Striking machinists get new settlement offer from Manitowoc Co.

Striking Manitowoc Cranes workers vote down settlement

TailGate paper towels feature Lambeau logo

Tech Council: More than three-quarters of past business plan contest finalists still in business

The corner store goes high-tech

There’s no business for snow businesses

Thrivent Financial Bank becoming credit union

Tuesday Trends sample: Dairy rising, foreclosures mixed and winter economy falling

Tuesday Trends sample: Meat producers rising, tribal casinos mixed and Joerns Healthcare falling

Tuesday Trends sample: Shopko rising, mining mixed and Central Wisconsin Airport falling

Tuesday Trends sample: Spectrum Brands rising, Oshkosh Corp. mixed and venture capital falling

Under fire, coal plants reduce their emissions

Union overwhelmingly approves new contract with AxleTech

University of Wisconsin tops licensing record

UpFront: Former Commerce secretaries discuss state’s economic efforts

USDA declares Marathon & Lincoln counties ag disaster areas

UW economists: Wisconsin farm income set records in 2011

UW grad exposed In ’60 Minutes’ fraud report

UW-Madison research shows atrazine aids the environment

UW-Madison researcher, others call for 60-day suspension of mutant flu research

UW-Oshkosh Chancellor Richard Wells, taskforce recommend more flexibility for UW campuses

UW-Sheboygan program Upward Bound dropped following federal probe

Valley site may be cheaper option for train maintenance base

Venture investing slides 40% in 2011

Verona development on hold after investors charged

Vote on mining bill delayed

Walker gives green light to the sale of state-inspected meat products outside of Wisconsin

Walker turning down $37 million for health care exchanges

Walker unveils worker training plans

Walmart stores highlight Wisconsin-made products

Washington Island to lose Internet provider

Waukesha home building company expands to Madison market

Wausau could spend $400K for sports site infrastructure

Wausau organization brings big events to area, saves Badger State Winter Games

Where did Genesis Enterprise Center go wrong?

While states roll ahead with high-speed rail plans, Wisconsin idles

Wis. investment head grilled over past conduct

WisBusiness: Economists see potential danger for Wisconsin from European crisis

WisBusiness: Milwaukee business pros see local investment as key to easing unemployment

WisBusiness: PSC’s Nowak sees new pollution rules hiking electric rates in Wisconsin

WisBusiness: Senate could have bipartisan venture capital bill by end of the month

WisBusiness: Top Epic executive sees more growth on the way for health care giant

Wisconsin bankruptcy filings fell in 2011

Wisconsin dairy industry on upswing

Wisconsin grocery prices fall at year’s end

Wisconsin losing ground on jobs

Wisconsin milk prices end 2010 on a high note

Wisconsin ranked 43rd for business tax climate

Wisconsin saw 2.3% increase in business creation

Wisconsin study: Preventable injuries cost billions

Wisconsin veggie crops had a good year in 2011

WisPolitics: Assembly vote on mining bill likely next week

WisPolitics: Walker’s State of the State speech sees improving economy

Wood County: Nepco Lake land swap deal would need state, federal approval

WPC Technologies plans move from Milwaukee to Oak Creek

Year-end survey by WMC tempers expectations

ZBB joint venture lands China contracts

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