NEW Capital Fund: Sells stake in Ro-Flo Compressors
Contact: Charlie Goff - 920-731-5777
APPLETON - NEW Capital Fund announced the sale last month of its ownership stake in Ro-Flo Compressors to a group of local investors. NEW Capital purchased the Ro-Flo product line from GE Oil & Gas Division’s Oshkosh facility in December, 2007. Since the purchase by NEW Capital, Ro-Flo Compressors has nearly doubled its...
PSC: Adjusts electric and gas rates for WPSC customers
Contact: Teresa Weidemann-Smith, (608) 266-9600
MADISON – Today, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) authorized a 2.5 percent decrease in gas rates and a less than 1.0 percent increase in electric rates for Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPSC) customers in 2011. The result of the PSC decision reflects a $1.60 monthly rate decrease overall.
Average WPSC monthly natural...
First Business Bank: Economic survey of northeast Wisconsin indicates businesses saw improvements in 2010
Contact: Kathy Epping, 608-333-4406
For interviews with First Business executives, contact Jodie Johnson at 920-734-1800.
Sales Revenue, Profits up in 2010
(APPLETON, WI) – December 16, 2010 – Northeast Wisconsin Businesses saw increased sales revenue and improved profits in 2010, according to a report released today by First Business Bank at the invitation-only First Business Economic Forum.
The First Business Economic Survey of...
Collins: Researcher sees financial security elusive for many
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
J. Michael Collins is a UW-Madison researcher who is not much interested in coming up with mathematical models to calculate the optimal portfolio choice between bonds and equities for people in their 50s.
He’d much rather be out in the field, talking with real people, doing surveys, running focus groups to figure how people manage --...
