Plantes: Recession a time for company soul-searching, author says
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
Companies that fail to differentiate themselves from their competitors will face increased difficulties and even possible failure, economist and author...
Jahn: Wisconsin-based bio-energy research leading the way
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
If the United States is going to change its energy use habits, research coming out of places like the Great...
Two new site features: BizOpinion and EconomyWatch
Two new features have recently been added to WisBusiness.com:
-- BizOpinion is a new source for business-related columns and commentary. It includes contributions from regular...
Stuart: In midst of recession, warnings that energy price increases on the way
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
With job losses pegged in the thousands, it’s been a brutal year for Wisconsin manufacturers.
No one knows that...
Gulbrandsen: Stimulus seen as boost for UW-Madison research
By WisBusiness Staff
Carl E. Gulbrandsen, WARF managing director, told a recent WisBusiness.com luncheon that the new federal stimulus package is good news for UW-Madison...
WisBusiness: As Forward Wisconsin wanes, Commerce Department marketing role widens
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
An Eau Claire businesswoman is helping the state market itself as head of the Department of Commerce's new Division of...
Gonnering: Widen Enterprises thrives through tech transitions
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
Widen Enterprises has what some might consider the perfect business plan: Create a problem for your customers and then get...
Nation: New ‘Wired Wisconsin’ effort to focus on broadband access, high-tech jobs
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
As a self-described “baseline techie geek from way back when,” Thad Nation jumped at the chance to head up the...
WisBusiness: Wolter, recovery office watching over $3.5 billion in fed stimulus
Those running the state's new Office of Recovery and Reinvestment are pledging to watch "every nickel" of the more than $3.5 billion of federal...
Lund: Community banks ‘doing fine’
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
By some measures, all banks in Wisconsin struggled in 2008 as the recession took hold of the economy.
But Badger State...
Neumann: Housing will lead the recovery
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
The Wisconsin economy may be in a slump, but home-builder Mark Neumann -- a former Republican congressman who...
Thompson: Credit unions ‘safe, sound and ready to lend’
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
The Badger State's credit unions are riding out the current economic storm remarkably well, according to the head of Wisconsin...
Vetterkind: Busy times for broadcasters amidst economic troubles and ‘historic’ switch to digital transmission
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
Michelle Vetterkind, president of the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, has been putting in some long weeks leading up to Tuesday’s switch...
WisBusiness: Combined reporting provision riles GOP, businesses
By WisBusiness Staff
Backers of the measure call it "tax fairness" and closing the "Las Vegas loophole."
Opponents, mainly Republicans and the business community, call...
Morby: Hard times facing ethanol industry
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
Times are tough for the ethanol industry all over the country, including the nine producers here in the Badger State.
Josh...
