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Health care reform could boost demand for Plan Advisor Software
The national health care reform proposals call for mandating health insurance for all Americans, which would provide a boost to Waukesha-based Connecture Inc.
Chinese investors enter local real estate market
For years, manufacturing operations have moved from the United States to China to take advantage of the low cost of labor there. As China's economy has grown, the U.S. government has increasingly borrowed money from China to fill it's trade gap.
Position your company for THE REBOUND
No doubt, most businesses throughout southeastern Wisconsin were eager to turn the calendar on 2009 and put the Great Recession to rest.
Recovery won’t be rapid
Having served as an economist for Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Michael Knetter knows a thing or...
Milwaukee is becoming the mining capital of the world
Considering that 2009 was a nightmare for most southeastern Wisconsin companies, you wouldn't know it by the performance of the stocks of the publicly traded corporations in the region.
Bullish on the stock market
The three most important factors that drive the stock market turned bullish on balance in July and remain so now. The strategic investment implication is that investors should set their portfolio allocations to common stocks to their maximum comfort levels.
Expect slow economic growth in 2010
Largely because of some recently-released economic reports, we have bumped up our real GDP (Gross Domestic Product) forecast significantly for Q4:2009 and much less so for all of 2010.
‘The worst seems to be past’
Editor's note: As part of the coverage in the Economic Trends special report, BizTimes Milwaukee asked Julia Taylor,...
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MMAC businesses expect higher sales in 2010
Milwaukee-area businesses see economic recovery in 2010, according to a Business Outlook Survey conducted by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC).
Manufacturing a rebound
The United States lost roughly 7.3 million jobs during the Great Recession, with unemployment hovering around 10 percent through December of 2009.
Power to grow
By expanding its distribution, adding dealers and offering new products, Waukesha-based Generac Power Systems Inc. was able to grow its sales during the first nine months of 2009.
Good timing
Andy Nunemaker, president of Milwaukee-based EMSystems LLC, says there are two things every company can and should take advantage of in an economic downturn: search for opportunities and upgrade the talent in the company's workforce.
