Economy

In western Wisconsin, the innovation economy is growing

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Real pulse of the economy? Check real estate foreclosures

annual forecast for this year, I thought it would be a good idea to go back and look at the foreclosures on houses. You would think that by now the traction of the economy would grip and people would start to be more financially secure, but it does not look tha...

Madisons visionary plan for a healthy economy

MADISON - More than three hundred business and community leaders gathered at Monona Terrace Tuesday to hear Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewiczs plan for the citys future economic growth. a 38-page glossy and illustrative framework containing 110 a...

Dynamics of Wisconsins Real-Time Economy Part 3

This week a leading information technology publication named four traditional Wisconsin companies as the best places in America to work in IT. All four placed in the top 50 out of 100. Harley-Davison was ranked number 2, higher than MasterCard, Wal-Mart, Ford, and UPS. American Family Insurance was ranked 22, Lands End 34, and TDS was ranked 40. What do all of these companies have in common? They...

To be a player in the "Knowledge Economy," Wisconsin needs more tech workers

Wisconsin's assets in the 21st century knowledge economy are impressive when compared with other states of its size. But its weaknesses are intimidating, especially when it comes to training and retaining a skill...

In a fast-paced economy, lawmakers must pick up speed

. - For reasons that may be as innocent as a choked calendar, legislative progress has stalled on a bill that would trade Wisconsin's city-by-city regulation of the cable television industry for statewide video franchises. The bill, which would create jobs, help many consumers and speed new technologies to the market, passed the <a href="http://ww...

Wisconsin IPOs are a harbinger of growing tech economy

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Fueling our economy with the University of Wisconsin

men's basketball team recently was ranked first in the nation, giving Wisconsin fans just one more reason to be proud. March Madness is just around the corner, and I know the team will enjoy tremendous support from everyone in our...

Wisconsin ranks 30th in New Economy index

The 2007 State New Economy Index, which benchmarks the economic transformation taking place in the states, ranks Wisconsin 30th, with an overall score of 55.9, ahead of only Indiana and Iowa among Midwestern states. <br...

UW-Madison dean predicts bio-economy will fuel Wisconsin

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How a healthy tech-based economy helps others in Wisconsin

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Wisconsin's high-growth economy: '07 predictions

With luck, 2007 should be even better, but the investment climate must remain warm and state policymakers need to turn a cold shoulder to i...

Re-engineering our economy to be sustainable and profitable

Today, sustainability still carries some linguistic baggage, but those same business execs might stick around to tal...

Wisconsin's failure to attract federal defense dollars crimps tech economy

But the comparisons end when it comes to federal research spending on defense and aerospace industries. There, Wisconsin is a dismal third, and it helps t...

Is Wisconsin's economy stronger, weaker, or just changing?

"Plant buyouts hit home: GM, Delphi workers take buyouts" "About 260 at Briggs & Stratton to retire to secure health deal" "Walworth County loses bid as Honda picks Indiana site for plant." But if you read these news stories,...

It's time for Wisconsin's economy to grow

Simply put, the state placed its efforts on prote...

Marketers advised to engage "search economy"

This year's conference, which is being held at , is dedicated to helping atten...

Four ways lawmakers could help Wisconsins high-growth economy

Some might say the legacy of the 2005-2006 session of the Wisconsin Legislature wasn't formed on the Assembly or Senate floor, but in court, where a few former leaders were prosecuted for illegally using state resources for campaigns. Others might say this Legislature will be remembered for debating a steady diet of social issues, from carrying concealed weapons to...

Report card praises Wisconsin economy, but comes with warning

Wisconsin made the honor roll of a national economic development assessment group for its high quality of life and quality jobs. The 2006 Development Report Card for the States, released last week by the non-profit Corporation for Enterprise Development, gave the state an A in performance and Bs in business vitality and development capacity, based on 2004 data. But there were a...

Grading Wisconsins high-growth economy

Innovation: A minus. Wisconsin continues to produce more than its share of patents and intellectual property, with organizations such as t...

Heres why Wisconsins tech economy indicators are up

There is no single reason, but a variety of factors p...

Whither Wisconsin manufacturing in the new global economy?

That was one of many messages promoted Tuesday in a new, 400-page analysis of the state's manufacturing industries, commissioned by the Wisconsin Extension Manufacturing Partnership<...

Biotech phenomenon becoming mainstream in world economy

It also reminds me of how rock n roll became mainstream in the 1960s. Though most adults at first wouldnt accept it, the launch...

Will tech transfer save Wisconsin's economy?

With the thousands of manufacturing jobs that have vanished all through the industrial areas of the Midwest, chasing more smokestack industries is a fool's errand. Instead, efforts are underway to develop a new breed of companies based on the technological inventions coming out of Wisconsin's institutes of higher education and private industries. Several economic development entities hav...

WisconsinEye gets peripheral vision: Coverage will extend to Wisconsins emerging economy

MADISON To be truthful, Ive had my doubts about the business model behind WisconsinEye, the long-awaited public affairs television channel that proposes to be the in-state equivalent of C-SPAN. In a state where many candidates for the Legislature will run unopposed for election this year, is there really a market for gavel-to-gavel coverage of legislative hearings, Assembly floor debate...

A cry for unity for the economy of southeast Wisconsin

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The economy has come roaring back or is that roar just a purr?

MADISON I hereby declare the economic downturn in Wisconsin to be over. You dont believe me, you say? Well, I guess Im not surprised. But allow me to sing a chorus of Happy Days Are Here Again before I remind you why youre still a bit skeptical. A pile of available evidence proclaims that Wisconsins economy is back. Consider the following: The states unemployment rate...

In our changing economy, just-in-time employment masks job creation numbers

MADISON Maybe its not a jobless recovery, after all. Perhaps its just a matter of how we count 21st century jobs. U.S. Labor Department figures for March showed the addition of 308,000 jobs to the economy, which is double what it takes (150,000 jobs) in an average month to keep pace with growth in the labor force. It was the seventh straight month the economy has added jobs, but the fir...

Seeds for high-tech economy are being planted, but growth will take time

MADISON It shouldnt come as a surprise that Wisconsins high-tech sector suffered through a bad year in 2002. The same was true across the United States as the shock waves of the dot.com crash, investor retrenchment and the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, battered the economy. The tech indicators for 2003 cannot help but improve. At the same time, the latest economic tracking report...

The Old Economy Vs. the New Economy

According to the hyperboleers, there is a B-movie style, winner-take-all battle of the monsters going on between the New Economy and the Old Economy. In round one, the New Economy stomped around the New York Stock Exchange, thumping its chest and proclaiming the death of the Old Economy. In round two, the Old Economy rose up and threw the New Economy ou...

GM Choice is Great News, But Wisconsins Economy Must Keep on Truckin to Prosper in a New Era

MADISON It was all cheers and high-fives in Janesville last week as General Motors announced it will continue to roll trucks off the citys GM assembly line, a decision that will keep high-wage manufacturing jobs in southern Wisconsin. The news that GM will invest $175 million in the Janesville line means the plant will stay open for the foreseeable future, even if the company wont say w...

In 2004, Can Wisconsins Economy Keep Pace with the National Recovery?

FITCHBURG -- The rule of thumb about Wisconsins economic boom-and-bust cycle has always been that the booms werent as high as the nation as a whole and the busts werent as low. The recession that began in 2003 proved half of that equation wrong. Wisconsin suffered every bit as much as the rest of the United States when it came to losing jobs, especially in the hard-hit manufacturing sect...

Look at the New Economy, Just Like the Old Economy

Plymouth, Wis. - Now that the promise of Silicon Valley has joined the doom of Y2K in the ash heap of history, it is an appropriate time to revisit the importance of technology to Northeast Wisconsin. After billions and billions of dollars have been spent on marketing the so-called new economy, one fact remains: More money must come into a business or industry than goes out! In this pos...

Real-Time Economy: Part 2

Its a strategy, process and technology Wisconsins economy is very real. It reaches across the entire spectrum of local, state, national, and international borders. Real-time economies create new opportunities in the life sciences and information technology. We can help our current economy by helping our states traditional...

Business Incubators Grow Economy and Jobs

Wisconsin is a national leader in the total number of business incubators located in the state and they are a significant catalyst for new job creation as well, according Thomas Lyons, Professor of Community Development at the University of Louisville who recently addressed an audience at the <a href="http://www.uwsbdc.org/"...

Technology Helps Our Economy to Survive and Grow

In the last 24 months, many Wisconsin businesses have had to find new ways to compete. They discovered that previous paths to success no longer worked and most CEOs have taken a hard look at their companys value proposition. At the same time, these companies are attempting to be more effective, productive and competitive; all of this with fewer employees and in many cases with a shrinking market...

The Next Economy - Market Collapses Drive Long-Term Growth

The stock market has been steadily advancing. People are starting to feel somewhat comfortable with their portfolios once again. This is happening in spite of the gnawing reality that far too many tech related jobs in the US are disappearing, and most will never return. Some US pundits are saying in four to five years the US economy could be in real big trouble, with huge raising deficits and the...

The Information Age of Healthcare - Leaders featured on local new economy show

MILWAUKEE, WI - Representatives of the Medical College of Wisconsin, UW-Medical School, the Wisconsin Technology Network and Aurora-Sinai, were featured on a Milwaukee business television show, Avante's Leaders in the New Economy, that was broadcast, Sunday September 27, on WISN. Dr. Jeffrey Smith, clinical assistant professor of medicine with the <a href="http://www.med.wisc.edu/indexre...

JohnLets Get Serious - Manufacturing is a critical part of the Wisconsin economy

I read your article, Lets Get Serious, on the Wisconsin Technology Network webpage the week of Harley Davidson Motor Companys 100th Anniversary party here in Milwaukee. Your comment regarding ma...

Doyle and the Legislature Have Much To Agree Upon When It Comes To The Economy

MADISON Remember this summers property tax freeze budget proposal? Legislative Republicans voted for it because they thought it was great politics; many of them were less convinced the freeze was good policy and secretly hoped Doyle would veto it. Thats how it may be with Democrats and Gov. Jim Doyles proposal to raise the state minimum wage, which is currently $5.15 per hour. Theyll ch...