WisBusiness: ‘Rightshoring’ trend will continue, experts say
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
Wisconsin companies are sure to expand their presence in the global marketplace in coming years – both by exporting abroad and by sending work off shore, three Badger State experts in emerging overseas markets said Tuesday.
Speaking at a Wisconsin Innovation Network luncheon, the trio said businesses face numerous...
SmokeFree Wisconsin Announces Major Gift From Assurant Health
National Milwaukee-based health insurer says reducing tobacco use a top priority
MILWAUKEE, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Assurant Health, a major health insurance company based in Milwaukee is making a $50,000 grant to SmokeFree Wisconsin to help the organization reduce tobacco use in Wisconsin.
The Assurant Health Foundation will provide the grant to SmokeFree Wisconsin to assist its statewide effort to...
Johnson Controls Announces Quarterly Dividend
MILWAUKEE, May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Directors of Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE:JCI) today authorized a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.33 per common share. The dividend is payable June 29, 2007 to shareholders of record June 15, 2007. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030423/JCILOGO)
Johnson Controls has paid consecutive dividends since 1887.
Johnson Controls is a global leader in automotive experience,...
Travel+Leisure Readers Again Name Midwest Airlines ‘Top Domestic Airline for Service’
MILWAUKEE, May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Readers of Travel+Leisure magazine have again recognized Midwest Airlines (AMEX:MEH) as "Top Domestic Airline for Service." The magazine's subscribers have named Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines the top service provider three of the four years this award has been given.
Midwest Airlines topped the domestic airline category in the magazine's 2007 World's Best Service readers' poll. JetBlue...
Northwest Airlines Customers Can Now Make All Transactions Using Mobile Devices
EAGAN, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2007--Northwest Airlinestoday announced that customers can now purchase tickets, check-in forflights, and complete any transaction on its nwa.com website viahandheld devices and wireless browsers, such as Blackberrys and Treos.Previously, only a portion of nwa.com features were available tomobile devices. Travelers accessing nwa.com or mobile.nwa.com using Personal DataAssistants (PDAs) and web-based cell phones are now able...
