TUESDAY TRENDS: March 25, 2008
By Brian E. Clark
RISING
Actuant
The surging international energy business sector helped push earnings
gains at Waukesha County’s Actuant Corp. up by 17 percent during the
fiscal second...
TUESDAY TRENDS: March 18, 2008
By Brian E. Clark
RISING
Milwaukee
Forbes magazine has named Milwaukee to its list of top 10 up-and coming
tech cities. Other upper Midwest cities named were...
TUESDAY TRENDS: March 4, 2008
By Brian E. Clark
RISING
"Famous Dave" Anderson
Entrepreneur Dave Anderson, the 54-year-old founder of Famous Dave’s
barbecue restaurant chain, and Grand Casinos, a casino management
company, have...
TUESDAY TRENDS: Feb. 19, 2008
By Brian E. Clark
RISING
TomoTherapy
In spite of new competition for its targeted radiation cancer treatment
systems, Madison’s TomoTherapy Inc. is reporting a 32 percent increase
in...
TUESDAY TRENDS: Feb. 12, 2008
By Brian E. Clark
RISING
ATC
American Transmission Co. has energized the completed 220-mile,
345-kilovolt Arrowhead-Weston transmission line linking Wausau and
Duluth, Minn. The company said the line –...
TUESDAY TRENDS: Feb. 5, 2008
By Brian E. Clark
RISING
Sargento
Aided by more than $4 million in state tax credits and grants, Sargento
Foods is in the midst of a $50 million...
TUESDAY TRENDS: Jan. 22, 2008
By Brian E. Clark
RISING
Logistics Health
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has dismissed a bid protest
against La Crosse-based Logistics Health Inc.
Passport Health and other competitors...
TUESDAY TRENDS: Jan. 15, 2008
By Brian E. Clark
RISING
Green Bay-area economy
If Saturday's NFL playoff game against Seattle this past weekend was
any indication, the coming contest with the New York...
TUESDAY TRENDS: Jan. 8, 2008
By Brian E. Clark
RISING
Badger state branding
As state Tourism Department chief Kelli Trumble works on updating the Wisconsin
brand, the state Assembly is moving forward...
TUESDAY TRENDS: Dec. 11, 2007
By Brian E. Clark
RISING
Madison biotech
Seven officials from the drug giant Pfizer Inc. will be wined and dined
by Gov. Jim Doyle, hear pitches from nearly...
TUESDAY TRENDS: Dec. 4, 2007
By Brian E. Clark
RISING
Badger State manufacturing
The growing competitiveness of Wisconsin and other Midwest
manufacturers was featured in a recent two-part series on the "NewsHour
with...
TUESDAY TRENDS: Nov. 27, 2007
By Brian E. Clark
RISING
Badger State salaries
Wisconsin salaries for non-union employees rose by an average of 3.56
percent in 2007, up from 3.42 percent in 2006,...
TUESDAY TRENDS: Nov. 20, 2007
By Brian E. Clark
RISING
UW-Madison
The University of Wisconsin-Madison made national news for another stem cell breakthrough, but inside Wisconsin it's been hit by fan and...
TUESDAY TRENDS: Nov. 13, 2007
By Brian E. Clark
RISING
Jack Fischer
Jack L. Fischer, a Fox Valley architect with 30 years of experience in
construction and development – both in this country...
TUESDAY TRENDS: Nov. 6, 2007
By Brian E. Clark
RISING
Paint companies
The lead paint industry scored a major victory Monday in the first of
30-plus personal injury lawsuits brought in Wisconsin when...
