Accepting company checks for personal services may prove costly
Most vendors have occasionally accepted a business check in payment for a customer's personal goods or services. This practice is typically common among contractors furnishing residential services (remodeling, roofing, landscaping, painting, etc.) to clients who are also business owners.
Buyers outnumber sellers
There's a lot more demand from buyers in the local mergers and acquisitions market than there are companies willing to sell, and experts don't expect that trend to change anytime soon.
Stock market faces a murky 4th quarter
Recent volatility and ongoing uncertainties have left several financial experts defensive or bearish about the stock market in the fourth quarter, while others remain more bullish about the slow-moving economic recovery.
Pilarz holds true to Jesuit roots
Marquette University President Scott Pilarz Age: 52 Education: Ph.D., English - The City University of New...
Lovell engineers a plan for UWM
UWM Chancellor Michael Lovell Age: 44 Family: Wife, Amy, and four children. Education: B.S., M.S. and...
Building a smarter Milwaukee
As the Milwaukee region attempts to turn the page on the Great Recession and rebuild its economy, it will need a new generation of workers capable of thriving with innovation in an era of fiscal austerity.
- Advertisement -
Menomonee Valley is a business magnet
Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley is providing an attractive business setting that is attracting some companies to move in from the suburbs. Employment in the valley has increased by 4,200 workers during the past 10 years, said Laura Bray, executive director of Menomonee Valley Partners Inc.
Mobile card reader helps small businesses process credit card payments
Today's fast-changing digital world presents many challenges for small business owners. Perhaps one of the most significant challenges is the company's ability to adjust to consumer expectations of paying with plastic.
Conference will help companies ‘Get Smarter’
To compete in the 21st century, the Milwaukee region will need smarter companies led by smarter executives who hire smarter employees.
Xten Industries is Kenosha Business of the Year
The 2011 Kenosha County Business Excellence Awards, presented by the Kenosha Area Business Alliance (KABA) and the Kenosha Area Chamber of Commerce, will be presented Thursday, Nov. 3, at the Student Center University Ballroom at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.