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Neenah-based Bemis Company Inc. reported that its net income fell 24 percent to $42.3 million and its net sales fell 3.5 percent to $1.32 billion during its fiscal second quarter.

As the worker strike at Palermo Villa Inc. enters its third month, workers urged customers at Costco Wholesale Corp. grocery stores to boycott the Palermo’s Pizza products manufactured at the company.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett’s Manufacturing Partnership celebrated 10 new graduates of a training program at Herker Industries in Menomonee Falls last week.

This cracks me up.



Less than two weeks ago we were flooded with stories of how security of the Olympics was a grave concern and that the company (GS4) retained to hire and train security personnel was woefully understaffed. They originally were contracted to hire 2,000, but as security was evaluated, the number ballooned to 20,000. (Note: I've seen various figures here. I am not sure exactly what the total requirement is.) They fell short by roughly 3,500 persons and the government had to step in and bring in members of Army and local law enforcement to make up the difference.

When the economy is good, banks are flush with money and are willing lenders. Competitors make less than prudent short term decisions and bankers feel they must follow suit in the lemming- like pursuit of profits.

The Milwaukee Art Museum will host its first Target Free First Thursday on August 2 next week. Admission and access to the entire Museum, is free for indivduals.

The Wellness Council of Wisconsin will hold its 22nd annual Worksite Wellness Conference “Making Interventions Matter” on Wednesday, Sept. 26 at the Frontier Airlines Center. David Hunnicutt, president of the Wellness Council of America will kick off the event.

Home sales in June were up 19.3 percent in Wisconsin, compared to June of 2011, and home sales in the state were up 20.6 percent in the first half of the year, according to a new report from the Wisconsin Realtors Association.

The Internet as we know it today could not have been built without the vision of Bill Gates, the culture of innovation he nurtured at Microsoft Corp. and his personal rivalry with the late Steve Jobs at Apple.

Jeff Helgesen, one of Rock County's largest developers, doesn't parse words when he's asked if the Janesville area is better off today than it was when General Motors Corp. was the 800-pound gorilla in town.