Arthur Thomas
Arthur covers banking and finance and the economy at BizTimes while also leading special projects as an associate editor. He also spent five years covering manufacturing at BizTimes. He previously was managing editor at The Waukesha Freeman. He is a graduate of Carroll University and did graduate coursework at Marquette. A native of southeastern Wisconsin, he is also a nationally certified gymnastics judge and enjoys golf on the weekends.
Northwestern Mutual CEO John Schlifske sets retirement date, successor named
John Schlifske plans to retire as chief executive officer of Northwestern Mutual at the end of the year, the Milwaukee-based financial services company announced...
Frontier adds flights from MKE to North Carolina
Frontier Airlines plans to add nonstop flights from Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport to Raleigh-Durham International Airport on three days per week starting May 16.
The...
🔒 Wisconsin union membership up nearly 10% in 2023
Wisconsin saw an increase in the number of workers who are members of a union in 2023, according to annual data released by the...
🔒 Associated Bank hires new retail banking exec from BMO
Green Bay-based Associated Bank has named Steven Zandpour as executive vice president and director of retail banking.
Zandpour joins Associated from BMO where he was...
🔒 Johnson Financial Group names new chief investment officer
Racine-based Johnson Financial Group has named Dominic Ceci as its new chief investment officer following the departure of Brian Andrew.
Ceci was previously senior vice...
🔒 Longtime Strattec chairman replaced by director first nominated by shareholder
F. Jack Liebau Jr. has been named chairman of Glendale-based Strattec Security Corp., replacing longtime chair Harold M. Stratton II, who will serve as...
🔒 Badger Meter acquires remote monitoring assets from Colorado firm
Brown Deer-based water meter manufacturer Badger Meter Inc. has acquired remote water monitoring assets from Colorado-based technology firm Trimble, the companies announced Wednesday.
The deal...
🔒 Wisconsin economy, down for past three quarters, among top 20...
Wisconsin’s real GDP grew at a 5% annualized rate between the second and third quarters, making it the 18th fastest growing economy in the...
🔒 Wisconsin’s labor force has grown by more than 78,000 in...
Wisconsin’s total labor force – the number of people employed or looking for work – has grown by 78,400 people in the past year,...
🔒 Wisconsin ranked 27th in population growth for 2023
Wisconsin’s population increased 20,412 in 2023, a 0.35% increase that ranks 27th in the country, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Census...
🔒 Zurn Elkay names new president as COO transitions to new...
Milwaukee-based Zurn Elkay Water Solutions chief operating officer Craig Wehr will move to an executive advisory role at the start of 2024 and Jeffrey...
🔒 Recession fears ease for Wisconsin bank CEOs
A majority of Wisconsin bank CEOs no longer see a recession as likely within the next six months, a dramatic shift from earlier this...
