(WisBusiness) THURS News Summary — 15 Jan. 2009
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-- Economic figures aren't out yet for the fourth quarter of 2008, but William Strauss, a senior economist with Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago, expects them to be ugly. "There will be steep declines," Strauss warned a Madison International Trade Association luncheon Wednesday.
The first two quarters of 2009 won't be very good, either, though the...
WisBusiness: Judge lets 9to5 join defense of Milwaukee sick pay ordinance
By David A. Wise
WisBusiness.com
The group that conducted the signature drive to get Milwaukee's pending sick leave mandate on the Nov. 4 ballot will be allowed to join the city in defending the ordinance against a legal challenge from the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce.
MMAC had opposed the motion to allow 9to5 to join the suit.
But Milwaukee County Circuit Court...
UW-Madison: Nations that sow food crops for biofuels may reap less than previously thought
CONTACT: Matt Johnston, 608-217-1424, mjohnston@wisc.edu
MADISON - Global yields of most biofuels crops, including corn, rapeseed and wheat, have been overestimated by 100 to 150 percent or more, suggesting many countries need to reset their expectations of agricultural biofuels to a more realistic level.
That's according to a study, led by Matt Johnston and Tracey Holloway of the University of Wisconsin-Madison...
