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Jittery investors watch Greece, US economic data
For the past six weeks, Wall Street traders have optimistically pushed the Dow Jones industrial average up nearly 4.8 percent on a belief that the U.S. economic recovery is finally gaining momentum.
Feb 12, 2012 | 6:07 pm
Reedsburg food mart expands to Mauston
When a business is successful, the next step often is to repeat the process.
Feb 12, 2012 | 12:54 pm | (0) Comments
Thrift shop closing affects workers
If Sue McMurry has anything to say about it, area businesses could get free assistance from some eager workers.
Feb 12, 2012 | 12:45 pm | (0) Comments
As Facebook IPO nears, the case for dull stocks
Investors thinking of buying a piece of Facebook after it goes public are hoping it will perform like Google, whose stock has risen 500 percent since its debut seven and a half years ago.
Feb 12, 2012 | 11:05 am
Boeing says it's frustrated with Dreamliner glitch
A top Boeing Co. executive says that the plane maker is frustrated with the latest 787 Dreamliner production glitch, but that it shouldn't delay output goals.
Feb 12, 2012 | 1:04 am
Greece's grim choice: deep budget cuts or default
Why would Greece accept more pain when unemployment is at 21 percent, the economy is enduring its fifth year of recession and rioters are hurling gasoline bombs in the streets of Athens?
Feb 11, 2012 | 12:43 pm
Owners of Reedsburg's JAMS 2 expand into Mauston
Feb 11, 2012 | 8:19 am | (0) Comments
Gov't on pace for $1T deficit despite January dip
The federal deficit was lower through the first four months of the budget year than the same period last year. Still, the deficit is expected to top $1 trillion for the fourth year in a row, putting more pressure on Congress and President Barack Obama in an election year.
Feb 10, 2012 | 11:27 pm
Justice Department calls Swiss Bank a "fugitive"
The U.S. Justice Department called Switzerland's largest private bank a fugitive from justice on Friday after it didn't send any representatives to a court hearing in New York, where it has been charged with conspired with American clients to hide $1.2 billion from the Internal Revenue Se…
Feb 10, 2012 | 9:24 pm
