WisBusiness

By Brian Leaf If the laws of economics hold true, lower prices will draw flocks of customers to your shelves. So, is it wise to lower your prices? While lower prices are certainly a hit with customers, it might be wiser for you to raise prices. Sure, small companies want their customers to love them. And lowering prices are a way they...

WIN MILWAUKEE – Hyatt Regency Hotel, 333 Kilbourn Ave, Milwaukee SPEAKER: Dr. Carlos Santiago, UW Milwaukee Chancellor. Dr Santiago will speak on the future of UWM. REGISTRATION: http://www.wisconsintechnologycouncil.com/pop_ups/event.php?itemID=74

Entrepreneurs are a special breed of people. They see things that others can't and are known to be dogged in the pursuit of an idea once they've created it in their minds. From such visionaries have emerged many of today's greatest inventions and most successful business ventures. Take, for example, a couple of brothers who started a little...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – California’s passage earlier this week of a $3 billion ballot measure to fund embryonic stem cell research could be disastrous for Wisconsin, mean little or fall somewhere in between. Science and business officials were all over the map Thursday, trying to figure out the potential impacts of Prop. 71,...

GREEN BAY, Wis. - Nov. 5, 2004 - Associated Banc-Corp (NASDAQ: ASBC) President and CEO Paul Beideman will present an update on the company at an investors’ conference sponsored by the investment firm Sandler O’Neill & Partners on Nov. 11. The presentation is available to the public in real time through webcast and telephone dial-in. Beideman’s remarks are scheduled for...

MEDIA CONTACTS: Tim Wirtz/Julie Semancik Hoffman York 414-225-9522/414-225-9568 twirtz@hyc.com jsemancik@hyc.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Energy savings also fuel economic growth and protect the environment - MADISON, Wis. (November 1, 2004) – Thanks to energy efficiency improvements made with the help of Focus on Energy, Wisconsin businesses and residents have cut their annual utility bills by almost $53 million. Since the program’s inception in July 2001,...

MEDIA CONTACTS: Tim Wirtz/Julie Semancik Hoffman York 414-225-9522/414-225-9568 twirtz@hyc.com jsemancik@hyc.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (November 1, 2004) – From family farms to the state’s largest homebuilder, Focus on Energy, Wisconsin’s energy efficiency and renewable energy initiative, is helping businesses of all types and in all corners of the state implement the latest technologies to reduce energy consumption, lower utility bills and improve product quality....