Startup firms in Wisconsin’s Qualified New Business Venture program received
$281.7 million
in funding in 2016, up 60 percent from 2015, according to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.
There are
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54
Wisconsin firms on the new Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies in America, up from 52 a year ago.
Attendance at the Wisconsin State Fair totaled
1,028,049
this year, a 1.2 percent increase from 2016.
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For the first seven months of the year, passenger traffic at General Mitchell International Airport increased
2.5%
compared to the same period last year.
The Milwaukee area manufacturing index was
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55.4
in August, down from 56.98 in July. Any reading greater than 50 indicates growth.
