Packers report record net income
The Green Bay Packers, the NFL's only publicly owned team, recently reported $42.7 million in net income for 2011.
Manufacturing and ministry
Fred Thimmel, president of Bryant Products Inc. in Ixonia, which produces conveyor components and custom products and coatings, has always been a religious man. When he was 20, he even considered entering the seminary.
Drought hits crops hard
Wisconsin's dry, hot weather elevated the southern third of the state to a severe drought. A record heat wave in the first week of July compounded the dry soil caused by less than an inch of rain in June.
Grow your business with the five C’s of credit
Chris Goller is the new Milwaukee regional president at PNC Bank. He has put forth a high-growth strategy for PNC, which entered the Milwaukee market in 2010, including 12 new branches in southeastern Wisconsin. There are five steps every business pursuing growth should take, he says.
Personnel File
Milwaukee-based Trefoil Group, formerly Scheibel Halaska, has promoted Vince Halaska to digital marketing manager. Halaska is now responsible for...
Biz Notes
Brookfield-based Concurrency Inc. has earned a 2012 Microsoft Content Management Partner of the Year Award. The company was selected...
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Words of wisdom: Key concepts for business leaders
This week a business management book review caught my eye. In the first paragraph the reviewer expressed his dislike for most books written by CEOs and books proclaiming, for example, “Three Easy Steps to Becoming a Fortune 500 Company.” I resonated with these sentiments and kept reading the review in “The Economist.”
The importance of civility: How we treat each other at work matters
The late Rodney King once asked, “Why can't we just get along”?
Innovate or die: Are you swimming in the wrong ocean?
Are you in a market where the biggest players control the majority of the market and the remaining 25 percent is split between wide varieties of companies like yours?
Your own reform: Reduce your company’s reliance on expensive health care
The problem with health insurance costs began in the early 1980s when the line item became the fastest-increasing cost. It's still spiraling out of control.
