Infrastructure projects are nice, but they are no substitute for real, sustained job creation, notes columnist Tom Still. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, Still hopes the Powers that Be remember this as they craft the economic stimulus bill, which should reauthorize the federal Small...
The continued release of negative economic data does not preclude the completion of the bottoming process and the emergence of a cyclical bull market in the first half of the year. In fact, the forward-looking nature of the stock market and the necessary lag with which...
With the talk of national stimulus packages for infrastructure, let's make sure we use the many talented information technology people that are sitting on the sidelines, observes columnist James Carlini. In this edition of Carlini's Comments, he notes that this is not the 1930s, and...
Washington, D.C. - The U.S. economy lost 524,000 jobs in December, closing out the worst year for job losses since World War II, the Labor Department said Friday. Nearly 2.6 million jobs were lost in 2008, with 1.9 million destroyed in just the past four...
Appleton, Wis. - An overview of Wisconsin's competitive but threatened “edge” in academic research and development will be the topic of the Jan. 15 meeting of the Wisconsin Innovation Network Northeast Chapter. The event will be held at the D J Bordini Center, 5 Systems Drive,...
We've just witnessed the sad spectacle of our federal government protecting mediocre Industrial Age auto jobs that aren't even producing world-class products, after doing nothing to protect cutting-edge information technology and telecommunications jobs, laments columnist James Carlini. In this edition of Carlini's Comments, he agrees...
Fueled by a significant decline in growth expectations among large business information technology decision makers, IT confidence has dropped to its lowest level in 2008, according to the latest edition of the CDW IT Monitor. With a five-point drop, large business IT decision makers...
In this economy, it's important for businesses in every industry, tech or no tech, to hold onto as many customers as possible. That starts with peerless customer service, which today is about as common as nickel beer, laments columnist Jim Carlini. In this edition of...
Amid discouraging economic news, a growing number of Wisconsin business and labor groups have expressed a sense of urgency about reversing economic losses. In this edition of Inside Wisconsin, columnist Tom Still notes that if business and labor groups can reach a consensus on what's...
Washington (MarketWatch) - U.S. nonfarm payrolls plunged by an astonishing 533,000 in November, the worst job loss in 34 years, the Labor Department reported Friday. It's only the fourth time in the past 58 years that payrolls have fallen by more than 500,000 in a month....