Nelson: $20M expansion at busy Dells resort means 65 new jobs this month
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
MADISON -- The nation's economy may be in the tank, but business at the Kalahari Resort in the Wisconsin Dells and...
WisBusiness: Milwaukee sick pay holding firms at bay, MMAC’s Sheehy says
By David A. Wise
WisBusiness.com
Businesses are already reconsidering decisions to expand in or move to Milwaukee in light of a paid sick...
WisBusiness: WBA’s Bauer says many Wisconsin banks may tap TARP funds
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
MADISON – More than 40 state banks may end up applying for aid under the U.S. Treasury Department’s Capital...
Forum: Stimulus likely to come in form of infrastructure aid, reworked tax credits
By Patrick Fitzgerald
For WisBusiness.com
State business leaders at an economic forum in Milwaukee hinted that the state would piggyback on a possible national stimulus...
Mackie: TomoTherapy CEO offers tips for business success
The leader of one of Wisconsin's top high-tech start-ups has some rules for success and the rules have special meaning in these tough economic...
LaConte: F. Dohmen Co. celebrates 150 years with $1.5 million in charitable giving
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
MILWAUKEE – For most of its 150 years, the family-owned F. Dohmen Co. has operated pretty much under the radar, building...
Bozarth: Despite rough stretch, SWIB may be able to find stock bargains
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
With the stock market swinging wildly in recent weeks and losing more than 20 percent of its value since the summer,...
Prudent: Biotech start-up exec says now may be good time to invest
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
It may seem counterintuitive in the midst of the current economic meltdown, but one Madison executive says now is a good...
Bugher: A decade of growth at Madison’s University Research Park
In recessionary times, the director of the University Research Park in Madison is bullish on Wisconsin.
Mark Bugher, from Eau Claire, is a former...
Vickerman: Wisconsin primed for more wind energy development
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
Wisconsin has a long history of using wind-energy to pump water on the state’s plentiful farms and dairies -- but not...
Stark: Madison real estate market sluggish, but not in crisis
A top Madison real estate executive says the $700 billion effort to salvage toxic mortgage-based securities, which he termed “taking the stinky meat out...
Neis: VC expert says financial crisis may trim venture firms
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
The economic crisis currently swamping the country will probably slow down venture capitalists and the companies they back in the next...
Wisconsin AFL-CIO president: ’08 election could be ‘last chance’ for industrial economy
In the eyes of AFL-CIO of Wisconsin President David Newby, there couldn't be any more at stake this fall for unions.
"There is a sense...
Ward: Wisconsin economy stable in midst of national problems
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
The nation’s credit markets may be all but locked up and the country’s finances teetering over an abyss, but Wisconsin’s economy...
WisBusiness: Wisconsin stocks – quarterly winners and losers
In a WisBusiness comparison of stock prices for companies with substantial Wisconsin operations, three large-equipment manufacturers were among the biggest percentage losers in the...
