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Contact: Kelley Dixon Marketing & Events Coordinator First Business Financial Services, Inc. Phone 262-792-1400 kdixon@firstbusiness.com MILWAUKEE, WI, December 3, 2010 – First Business Bank-Milwaukee announced today that Lynn Sigfred, CTP® has been promoted to Vice President. First Business Bank-Milwaukee is a part of First Business Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:FBIZ). Lynn has more than 20 years of customer service, sales, and management experience. In addition, she has...

CONTACT: Treasury Public Affairs (202) 622-2960 Administration Releases New Guidance That Gives Small Employers Full Set of Tolls to Claim Credit for 2010; IRS Has Sent Postcards to 89,000 Wisconsin Small Businesses that May Qualify Today, many small businesses across America struggle to provide health benefits to their employees. On average, small businesses pay about 18 percent more than large businesses for the...

CONTACT: Susan Bach, Director of Communications PHONE: 414- 847- 6085 FAX: 414-302- 0355 E-MAIL: sbach@wisconsin.bbb.org December 2, 2010, Milwaukee, Wis. –The Wisconsin Better Business Bureau is warning consumers to stay away from two companies that are scamming consumers seeking loans. These companies, Pillington Investments, allegedly located at 6737 W. Washington St. in Milwaukee, and Crowntech Consulting Group, allegedly located at 805 W....

Temporary Jobs Continue to Grow, Manpower Inc. Sees Employers Hire Selectively as November BLS Report Reveals Lower-than-Expected Employment Growth MILWAUKEE, Dec. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Manpower Inc., (NYSE: MAN) a world leader in innovative workforce solutions, says employers are continuing to hire flexible workers due to increased demand for their goods and services coupled with lingering economic uncertainty, as the...

Contact: Bill Rubin/Jacki Bradham, St. Croix EDC, 715-381-4383 On November 24th, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) released the October unemployment rates for Wisconsin’s 72 counties. St. Croix’s rate was estimated at 5.7%, which is higher than the September rate of 5.4%, but lower than the August and July rates of 6.2%. A year ago, the county’s unemployment rate...

Contact: Donna Gilson 608-224-5130 ELLSWORTH, Wis. – A Wisconsin man and his Minnesota business associate have pled guilty in Pierce County Circuit Court to charges of illegally moving quarantined cattle, and each has paid nearly $1,400 in penalties under a judgment filed Nov. 29. “We view quarantine violations as serious offenses, especially when they involve cattle from states that have recently...

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Below is an excerpt from the most recent edition of WisBusiness Thursday Trends. The full version of this weekly look at the state of Wisconsin business is now available for free to anyone who signs up for the Thursday Trends mailing list. The full product includes several items in each of the rising, mixed and falling categories plus a...

By Greg Bump WisBusiness.com Gov.-elect Scott Walker on Wednesday told members of the Dairy Business Association that he wants Wisconsin to be the most aggressive state in the country when it comes to tort reform, promising to greatly reduce regulations on farmers and businesses. "I told (Gov.) Rick Perry down in Texas 'Look out, we're coming after you,'" Walker said this morning...