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Members of the Council of Small Business Executives (COSBE) board of directors are optimistic about the year ahead for their own companies, but they are much more divided about the direction of the regional economy in 2007, according to a new survey by Small Business Times.

SBT received survey responses from 21 board members of COSBE, which is an affiliate organization of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce (MMAC).

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted the following patents to southeastern Wisconsin companies during December: A.O. Smith...

Led by the suddenly high-flying Midwest Air Group Inc., half of the top-performing stocks of southeastern Wisconsin’s publicly traded companies in 2006 were corporations in the midst of significant change. The best-performing stock in the BizTimes Stock Index in 2006 was that of Midwest Air Group Inc., the parent company of Oak Creek-based Midwest Airlines. Buoyed by December speculation that the company could be acquired by AirTran Holdings Inc., Midwest Air Group’s stock shot up 103.9 percent to close the year out at $11.50 per share.

Accounting Komisar Brady, Milwaukee, promoted Stacey Hamilton to senior accountant and hired Ann Hooper to staff accountant. Hamilton joined...

The U.S. economy will struggle to shrug off a cooled housing market and a burgeoning fiscal deficit in the first half of 2007, but will regain some momentum in the second half of the year. That’s the prognosis of Michael Knetter, dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business.

Community Memorial Hospital The Cardiac Strength and Rehabilitation Program at Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls was recognized in the...

Tempered by a housing market hangover, a slumping American automotive industry and the costly war in Iraq, most economists are projecting slow growth of 2 to 3 percent for the U.S. economy in 2007. As the figures suggest, growth will be attainable. However, that growth will have to be earned, and it will usually come in small increments, as companies that are prepared to make the slow climb are able to grind through or around the obstacles in their paths.

We all attach various traditions to the ushering in of a new calendar year. They may be grand or trivial. They may be quite public or kept secret in our hearts.

It’s that time of year. The 2007 budgets are in place, business plans have been reviewed, and there’s excitement and consternation in the air. The economy remains a growing concern due to fourth-quarter expectations and results. It seems that with respect to the last three years, nothing can be taken for granted or assumed with any degree of confidence in terms of business growth and profit expectations.