January | 2015 | WisBusiness

‘Dirty Jobs’ host Mike Rowe celebrates American work ethic

January 13, 2015

A.O. Smith raises dividend 27% to 19 cents a share

January 27, 2015

Alliant Energy seeks buyer for Cassville power plant site

January 7, 2015

Amazon’s Kenosha distribution center fulfilling hiring promises

January 8, 2015

Anthem to reward health care providers for quality, efficiency

January 20, 2015

Appleton rejects land purchase for exhibition center

January 8, 2015

Ariens re-elected WMC chair

January 27, 2015

Associated reports record loans, deposits

January 23, 2015

Attanasio optimistic Milwaukee Brewers will rebound in 2015

January 26, 2015

Aurora, Humana strike Medicare Advantage deal

January 8, 2015

Bank Mutual reports 42 percent earnings increase in 4Q

January 21, 2015

BIA rejects Potawatomi compact amendment on recovering losses from Kenosha casino; tribe will sue

January 12, 2015

BMO Harris Bank awarded $2.2 million for affordable housing projects

January 14, 2015

Bon-Ton lowers earnings estimates despite holiday sales bump

January 21, 2015

Brewers season ticket sales up 20%

January 16, 2015

Briggs & Stratton earnings up in 2Q

January 23, 2015

BrightStar foundation makes investments in 5 Wisconsin companies

January 15, 2015

Bucks owners build power base by getting business people in game

January 13, 2015

Bucky’s China venture falters; The UW struggles to sustain its first overseas office

January 28, 2015

Businesses seek repayment years after natural gas price manipulation

January 12, 2015

Businesses sound off in streetcar debate

January 21, 2015

Caterpillar mining unit stung by falling commodity prices

January 28, 2015

Cause of explosion at We Energies plant in Oak Creek still unknown

January 27, 2015

Chicago company makes unsolicited bid on Quad/Graphics acquisition target

January 28, 2015

Citizens for Responsible Government organizing, supporting streetcar petition

January 6, 2015

City finance committee delays new Judge Doyle Square process

January 13, 2015

Consumer group accuses Allstate of overcharging Wisconsin auto insurance policyholders

January 15, 2015

CUW to offer free and reduced college courses to high school students

January 30, 2015

Cybersecurity lab to open in UW Research Park

January 12, 2015

DealerFire sold to California company

January 20, 2015

Defense spending in Wisconsin took a big hit in 2014

January 22, 2015

DNR reports no slowing in Wisconsin frac sand mining despite oil slump

January 12, 2015

Dohmen acquires Siren Interactive of Chicago

January 9, 2015

Donovan launches petition drive to take streetcar to a referendum

January 16, 2015

Douglas Dynamics finalizes acquisition of Henderson Products Inc.

January 1, 2015

Downtown Madison liquor license applications on the rise in light of moratorium talk

January 2, 2015

Drexel Town Square apartments approved, Chick-fil-A still under review

January 29, 2015

Edgewater hit with $2.86 million construction lien

January 30, 2015

Effects of Obamacare’s employer mandate remain uncertain

January 5, 2015

Enbridge insurance offer on oil pipeline is standard procedure

January 29, 2015

Enbridge official predicts pipeline expansion will go through

January 26, 2015

Enbridge pipeline expansion, larger than Keystone, drawing some Dane County skeptics

January 13, 2015

Entrepreneurs cautioned on prepping for angel investors

January 9, 2015

Epic Systems draws on literature greats for its next expansion

January 6, 2015

Farm economy soars in 2014 with the help of dairy’s great year

January 21, 2015

Federal Reserve official sees growth, interest rate hike in 2015

January 9, 2015

Fiskars division hit with $2.6 million federal fine over faulty knife-ax product

January 8, 2015

Frac sand industry in region seemingly unaffected, for now, by falling fuel prices

January 26, 2015

France’s Esker acquires Fitchburg tech company TermSync

January 29, 2015

Frontier to lay off 140 Milwaukee employees

January 20, 2015

Fuel Milwaukee launching professional development ‘bootcamp’

January 14, 2015

Gov. Scott Walker proposes eliminating lawmakers from new WEDC board

January 15, 2015

Gov. Walker to lead trade mission to United Kingdom

January 21, 2015

Gov. Walker to lead trade mission to United Kingdom next month

January 22, 2015

Gov. Walker unveils UW cuts, Bucks arena funding plan

January 27, 2015

Governor’s Business Plan Contest helps turn ideas into reality

January 26, 2015

Green Bay scores with economic impact of Packers in playoffs

January 5, 2015

Gundersen, Unity health plans explore partnership

January 30, 2015

Hammes, planning $80M downtown investment, supports the streetcar

January 27, 2015

Harley targets new markets as North American motorcycle sales slump

January 30, 2015

Harley to recall motorcycles with brake problems

January 1, 2015

Harley-Davidson, Aurora, MillerCoors among supporters of west side development effort

January 15, 2015

Harley, Sturgis to cement partnership through 2090

January 15, 2015

Ho-Chunk confident in Beloit casino plan

January 26, 2015

How tens of jobs became hundreds for Gardner Denver’s 3rd Ward HQ

January 8, 2015

Hundreds of luxury apartments proposed for Tosa’s Mayfair Collection

January 7, 2015

In turbulent industry, Madison’s airport is getting an Epic facelift

January 21, 2015

Investors Community Bank expected to go public next week

January 12, 2015

Investors Community Bank prices IPO at $15.75 a share

January 16, 2015

It’s back to calm waters after a turbulent 4 years for AnchorBank

January 5, 2015

Johnson Controls debuts innovations at North American International Auto Show

January 13, 2015

Johnson Controls noncommittal on downtown Milwaukee HQ potential

January 22, 2015

Johnson Controls says streetcar vote could affect expansion plans

January 16, 2015

Johnson Controls, Toshiba team up on new start-stop automotive battery

January 8, 2015

Johnson Controls’ quarterly profit of $507 million tops estimates

January 23, 2015

Lands’ End stock drops after preliminary estimates fall below expectations

January 23, 2015

Large crowd wants environmental study of new rail line

January 8, 2015

Local businesses on front lines against trade deficit with China

January 13, 2015

Lower farm earnings hold down personal income growth

January 1, 2015

Lower farm earnings hold down personal income growth

January 2, 2015

Madison health care-related company raises $2.4 million in equity funding

January 6, 2015

Madison health data company raises $5.7 million

January 14, 2015

Madison ranks 30th in latest Milken ‘Best-Performing Cities’ index

January 22, 2015

Madison to send out RFP for municipal Internet pilot

January 13, 2015

Madison’s Capitol East District rises

January 5, 2015

Manitowoc Co. plans to split its cranes, food-service businesses

January 30, 2015

Manitowoc lender raises $21.4 million in IPO

January 23, 2015

Marten Transport fourth-quarter profit rose 22.8%

January 28, 2015

MaryBeth Matzek: Convention centers hope crowds follow new construction

January 30, 2015

MaryBeth Matzek: Free legal help coming to Milwaukee entrepreneurs

January 21, 2015

MaryBeth Matzek: Health care systems sign on to HHS sustainability initiative

January 6, 2015

Mason Wells sells cosmetics company Paris Presents

January 7, 2015

Massive blizzard may have hit just in time for Briggs & Stratton, Generac

January 28, 2015

Mayo Clinic chooses Epic as its new provider

January 22, 2015

Med-Stat USA purchases Brookfield medical delivery service

January 14, 2015

Medical College of Wisconsin pays $840,000 to settle federal case

January 12, 2015

Meijer schedules Wisconsin store openings, will hire more than 1,000 employees

January 29, 2015

Menominee seek Kenosha casino meeting with Gov. Walker

January 14, 2015

Menominee will post bond to cover state of Wisconsin losses from Potawatomi agreements

January 23, 2015

Menominees, state reach Kenosha casino deal

January 21, 2015

MGIC upends last year’s losses, reports nearly $252M annual income

January 21, 2015

Middleton nanotech company Xolve raises $1.8 million

January 28, 2015

Midwest health care companies raise $1.8 billion in 2014

January 22, 2015

Milwaukee Bucks franchise value rises to $600 million

January 22, 2015

Milwaukee Bucks, Marquette to collaborate on sports medicine and research facility

January 30, 2015

Milwaukee County Research Park Corp. offers to take over incubator

January 27, 2015

Milwaukee health care technology company raises over 1 million

January 29, 2015

Milwaukee, Madison firms raise $2 million each, filings show

January 30, 2015

Mixed results for Wisconsin companies in stock markets in 2014

January 20, 2015

MMSD agrees to pay $6 million settlement over Boston Store building damage

January 27, 2015

MobCraft Beer changing the recipe for beer … and for startup companies

January 7, 2015

Mortgage applications increase by 14 percent

January 26, 2015

Nashville company completes buyout of Cygnus Business Media

January 7, 2015

Navy designates new Marinette-built ships as ‘frigates’

January 16, 2015

NBA’s new TV contracts made proposed arena plan possible

January 29, 2015

New businesses adding legal, financial expertise to M-WERC’s Energy Innovation Center

January 15, 2015

NewPage,Verso merger completed

January 9, 2015

nfiniti Metals to hire 65 in Clintonville with help of WEDC loan

January 1, 2015

NitricGen developing nitric oxide device to heal chronic wounds

January 14, 2015

Noise-monitoring Quietyme tiptoes onto the stage of emerging companies

January 6, 2015

Number of firms drawing venture capital investments rises in Wisconsin

January 16, 2015

NY company to acquire Plant Equipment Group

January 5, 2015

Office, industrial real estate markets close 2014 strong, but retail lags

January 14, 2015

Owner of WKLH, ‘The Hog’ reaches settlement with Nielsen

January 9, 2015

Pabst owner considering return of brewer to Milwaukee

January 28, 2015

Panel: StartingBlock could turn Madison into ‘world-class entrepreneurial city’

January 28, 2015

Parks group asks state Supreme Court to halt sale of county transit center

January 26, 2015

Physicians Realty Trust approaches $1 billion in properties with latest investment

January 15, 2015

Potawatomi sue feds over casino compact ruling

January 23, 2015

Project Foundry’s tech platform challenges status quo of mainstream education

January 15, 2015

Quad/Graphics investing in books-on-demand strategy

January 16, 2015

Quiet period ends for Connecture stock IPO

January 7, 2015

Reassessments, tech college funding change mean lower property tax rates

January 12, 2015

Region’s dairy farmers brace for a financial bust

January 26, 2015

Regional banks report strong 4Q results

January 22, 2015

Rexnord mill products business rights sold

January 27, 2015

Riding CES buzz, Milwaukee home health care startup looks toward launch

January 20, 2015

Risk-averse Milwaukee makes raising money difficult

January 12, 2015

SBIR Advance funds eight tech start-ups

January 20, 2015

Selig says politics ‘necessary’ part of commissioner’s job

January 5, 2015

Sheboygan Dean Foods plant to close

January 29, 2015

SHINE and Phoenix Nuclear Labs sign long-term agreement

January 8, 2015

Sinnott: WEDC’s new VP of international business development brings two decades of experience in...

January 14, 2015

Small business owners get tips on Obamacare signup

January 23, 2015

State grocers want to sell fresh beer on tap

January 2, 2015

State takes action against propane suppliers after last year’s crisis

January 7, 2015

State utility reps wary of EPA’s coming carbon rules

January 29, 2015

Strattec earnings rise 49%, powered by GM recall, sales growth

January 30, 2015

Streetcar referendum may not be enough to stop project, city attorney suggests

January 30, 2015

Strong sales multiply profits for Briggs & Stratton

January 22, 2015

Take a class, make a buck — or, in this case, $30,000

January 5, 2015

Titan Spine achieves growth with implanted fusion devices

January 29, 2015

Tribe, union dissolve pact in bid to sway Scott Walker on Kenosha casino

January 6, 2015

Two Wisconsin banking organizations to merge

January 6, 2015

U.S. fracking activity expected to slow considerably, reports predict

January 14, 2015

Unemployment rate unchanged at 5.2 percent

January 23, 2015

UnitedHealthcare signs exclusive agreement with employer group

January 15, 2015

UW System prez says university funding key to state’s future

January 8, 2015

UW-Madison: Incentives may motivate sales teams more than individuals

January 22, 2015

Vilas County group taps brain power, wealth for growth

January 26, 2015

Walker pledges suit against EPA regs in State of State speech

January 14, 2015

Walker unveils $220M Bucks arena funding plan

January 28, 2015

WARF near the top of the patent charts for 2013

January 30, 2015

We Energies agrees to sell Upper Peninsula power plant

January 14, 2015

WEDC chief cautions lawmakers to approach agency merger ‘thoughtfully’

January 21, 2015

Wes Edens expands investment strategies to Buffett, Icahn mold

January 6, 2015

Wheaton Franciscan spending $54M on Epic Systems project

January 20, 2015

Where has all the funding gone? Federal cuts threaten research at UW-Madison

January 9, 2015

Wicab files patent lawsuit against two former employees

January 7, 2015

Wipfli makes two acquisitions to expand national presence

January 6, 2015

WisBusiness: The Show – Isomark CEO Joe Kremer

January 2, 2015

WisBusiness: The Show – Katy Sinnott, vice president of international business development at WEDC

January 15, 2015

Wisconsin Energy’s plant sale in Michigan boosts Integrys acquisition plans

January 16, 2015

Wisconsin frac sand firms stung by falling oil prices

January 9, 2015

Wisconsin home sales end year with positive results

January 20, 2015

Wisconsin Thermoset Molding acquires Rose Polymer

January 13, 2015

Workshop for disabled workers to shut down

January 2, 2015

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