WisBusiness: M&I Corp. reports $394 million quarterly loss
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
Milwaukee-based Marshall & Ilsley Corp. is reporting a net loss $1.52 per share for the second quarter as it absorbs nearly $900 million in losses, primarily from the struggling construction and real estate development markets in west Florida and Arizona. That’s down from a profit of 68 cents a share for the same...
WisBusiness: Forbes ranks Milwaukee high for young professionals
WisBusiness.com
Beating out locales such as Atlanta, Dallas, Denver and Seattle, Milwaukee has been ranked as the ninth best city by Forbes.com in its "Best Cities For Young Professionals" list. Other Midwestern cities in the top 10 are Chicago, sixth place; and Minneapolis, fifth.
Forbes ranked the country's 40 biggest metropolitan areas for economic opportunity for young...
MARSHALL & ILSLEY CORPORATION REPORTS NET LOSS OF $1.52 PER
MILWAUKEE, July 16, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (NYSE: MI) (M&I) today reported a 2008 second quarter net loss of $393.8 million, or $1.52 per share, as compared to income from continuing operations of $178.9 million, or $0.68 per share, in the second quarter of 2007.
During the second quarter of 2008, the...
Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek Named “Top Milwaukee Workplace”
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – July 16, 2008 – Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., a leading Wisconsin law firm, is pleased to announce that it has been named a “Top Milwaukee Workplace” by The Business Journal Serving Greater Milwaukee.
Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek is one of 12 medium organizations (100-1,000 employees) located in Southeastern Wisconsin to receive the honor. The firm will...
WindConnect(R) Joins in Flat Ridge Wind Farm Groundbreaking
Kansas wind farm will produce 100 MW of renewable energy
MADISON, Wis., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Westar Energy Inc. and BP Alternative Energy have begun construction of the Flat Ridge Wind Farm site in Barber County, Kansas. The project commencement was celebrated with a groundbreaking ceremony on June 24, 2008.
The Flat Ridge Wind Farm will use 40 Clipper 2.5...
Renaissance Learning, Inc. Announces Second Quarter, 2008 Results
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis., July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Renaissance Learning(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:RLRN) , a leading provider of technology to support personalized practice, differentiated instruction, and progress monitoring in reading, math and writing for pre K-12 schools and districts, today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. Revenues for the second quarter of 2008 were $28.0 million, an...
A. O. Smith Increases Quarterly Dividend to $.19 Per Share
MILWAUKEE, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Directors of A. O. Smith Corporation (NYSE:AOS) today announced a 5.5 percent increase in the company's quarterly cash dividend to a rate of $.19 per share.
The increased dividend will apply to both Common Stock and Class A Common Stock and is payable on Aug. 15 to shareholders of record July 31.
This is the sixth...
SBA Opens Additional Disaster Center for Wisconsin Business Owners
ATLANTA, July 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U. S. Small Business Administration announces today that a Business Recovery Center is being established to help businesses impacted by the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that occurred on June 5, 2008 and continuing. The center will open Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 8 a.m.
"Due to the amount of physical and economic losses...
