Wilkinson: Wave Wind looking for gust of growth in 2010
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
Sun Prairie-based Wave Wind is bouncing back from a slow 2009.
With a downturn in the economy, the wind energy development, construction and maintenance firm laid off nearly three-quarters of its staff, dropping from 85 in 2008 to the mid-20s in 2009.
But with employee numbers now up to nearly 50, and the announcement that the...
WisBusiness: Modest growth predicted for state economy
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
MADISON -- The Badger State’s economy should experience moderate growth of about 3 percent in 2010, UW-Madison Business School Dean Michael Knetter said Thursday at the annual Wisconsin Economic Forecast Luncheon.
Moreover, he predicted the stock market will gain 8 percent over the next 12 months.
But the recovery is fragile, Knetter warned, and the...
WisBusiness: Lending to remain tight, expert predicts
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
MADISON -- Wisconsin bankers will continue to be tight with their lending this year, a UW-Madison professor said Thursday.
Lending in the Badger State was down by nearly 5 percent in the third quarter of 2009 compared to the same period a year earlier, but that was better than the national fall-off of 7.2...
