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By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com The wealth of home improvement store magnate John Menard Jr., Wisconsin’s richest individual, rose to $7.3 billion in 2007 from $5.2 billion the previous year, according to Forbes Magazine. His home town is listed as Eau Claire. Next in line is Herbert Kohler, of bathroom fixture and golf resort fame, who is worth $4 billion....

PEWAUKEE, Wis., March 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "It's nothing but the same old broken record. What banks are doing is deflecting attention from their own failures by distorting facts about credit unions," says Brett Thompson, President & CEO of The Wisconsin Credit Union League, reacting to the Wisconsin Bankers Association's (WBA) support for an amended bill that would subject large...

WHITEWATER ­ Sometimes the best reward one can receive is the knowledge thatthey made a difference in someone¹s life.  The members of the University ofWisconsin-Whitewater chapters of the American Marketing Association (AMA)and Creative Marketing Unlimited (CMU) understand this concept and hope toreflect this knowledge on as many lives as they can in the Rock County area.The groups have been...

WHITEWATER ­ Are you motivated and outgoing? Interested in a career whereyou aren¹t confined to a cubicle? If you answered yes, attend the Universityof Wisconsin-Whitewater 2008 Sales Forum being held Wednesday, March 19.From 10 a.m. to noon. Six guest speakers from various companies will sharetheir knowledge, expertise and passion for the sales industry. The 2008Sales Forum is sponsored by...

Governor sought input and comments from New North leaders   DE PERE, March 6, 2008 – On the heels of Governor Jim Doyle’s announcement to develop a new brand for Wisconsin, business leaders from the New North announced today that they are excited about the state’s work and Governor Doyle’s effort to reach out to the region.   “Governor Doyle has been...

NEENAH, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Few statutory changes have triggered as many questions as the recent National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) signed by President Bush on January 28, 2008, which included provisions for two new types of leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in support of military personnel. How has the FMLA changed? When do the provisions go into...

Compact Wins Wide Approval of Senate, Businesses and Municipalities   MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today thanked the Senate for approving the Great Lakes Compact on a strong 26-6 bipartisan vote and urged the Assembly to pass the Compact, which is supported by municipalities and businesses across the state.   “After two years of work in Wisconsin, we are ready to pass this...

Legislation seeks to transform health care delivery in Wisconsin Secretary Kevin R. Hayden commends the legislature for passing Senate Bill 487, which provides physicians and patients with additional, more reliable information to make important decisions about what health care treatment is best and safest. Both the Senate and the Assembly passed the bill unanimously. It now awaits Governor Doyle’s...

By Rebecca Kontowicz For WisBusiness.com MILWAUKEE - While many teens can be found in front of a television mastering Guitar Hero on PlayStation after school, parents of students in St. Thomas More High School's engineering program beam with pride as their enthusiastic students head straight to their computers to work on Engineering Design homework. Each day, students...

&From WisBusiness.com ... -- Wisconsin foreclosure filings continue at escalated levels, according to newly released data compiled by ForeclosuresWI.com. Badger State foreclosures in February totalled 2,800 and were up 34 percent over the same month in 2007, the company said. They have increased 70 percent over the last three years, rising from 12,311 in 2005 to 20,995 in...