— The Dow Jones opens the week looking to recover ground after a down week. It opens at 9,665, down more than 150 points from last week’s open. The WisBusiness index dropped as well. It opens at 1,717, down more than 50 points from last week’s open. The dip in the Wisconsin index comes despite a positive week from Mercury Marine’s parent company Brunswick. In the three weeks since Mercury said it would stay in Wisconsin, its stock is up nearly 25 percent, including a 15 percent gain on Friday after an analyst upgraded the stock. — Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce says a new statewide poll of voters found 62 percent say Wisconsin should not enact its own global warming policies, favoring national and international approaches. Meanwhile 27 percent say it’s a problem Wisconsin should address. The poll also foiund 68 percent of respondents oppose increased renewable energy mandates when told of increased costs on their electric bill. The phone survey of 500 Wisconsin voters was conducted by telephone Sept. 15 and 16 by Public Opinion Strategies of Alexandria, Va. See details on the poll: http://www.wisbusiness.com/index.iml?Article=171549 — The Wisconsin Economic Development Association, Competitive Wisconsin, Inc., and the Wisconsin Counties Association announced a partnership to create a long-range economic development strategy for Wisconsin. The partners will hire an independent third party organization to an analysis of Wisconsin’s overall regional, national and global economic development competitiveness. This analysis will offer recommendations to align and advance local, regional and statewide economic development efforts. See details: http://wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=171500 — State exports were down by more than 20 percent through the first half of the year, according to statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau. See more below in TOP STORIES — E-registration for tomorrow’s WisPolitics.com/WisBusiness.com Green Jobs Future event is now closed, but walk-ups are welcome to the 7:15 a.m. event at Discovery World in Milwaukee. Also, Troy Runge, director of the Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative, will participate on the panel instead of UW-Madison School of Agriculture Dean Molly Jahn. The forum is sponsored by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, UW-Milwaukee, Midwest Renewable Energy Association, We Energies, Wisconsin Environmental Initiative and Johnson Controls. The event is organized by WisPolitics.com/WisBusiness.com with the help of MMAC, Discovery World, and UW-Milwaukee. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will provide remarks about his city’s efforts to cultivate green jobs. Other panelists include UW-Milwaukee Engineering School Dean Michael R. Lovell, Tom Boldt, CEO of Boldt Construction, and Clay Nesler, Vice President of, Global Energy and Sustainability, Johnson Controls, Inc. Contact: greer@wispolitics.com TOP STORIES Manpower to launch public sector subsidiary: Manpower Inc. on Monday launched a new subsidiary, Manpower Public Sector Inc., which will provide consulting and staffing services to the U.S. government. UW plan to hire union consultant faces questions: A union attempting to organize University of Wisconsin System employees is questioning the administration’s plan to hire an outside consultant to advise top executives on collective bargaining strategy. Hoteliers question Edgewater project: A group of Madison hoteliers is questioning the proposed Edgewater Hotel project, saying it would not produce a marked increase in room taxes and could imperil jobs rather than generate them. NIH grant supports schools in gene study: A team of Wisconsin researchers will receive $8 million to develop technology that provides new ways to study genes, the National Institutes of Health will announce Monday. The funding will go to the Wisconsin Center of Excellence in Genomics Science, a collaborative effort between the Medical College of Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Marquette University.
************************************************************ See commentary from around the state and columns from WisBusiness contributors Jennifer Sereno, Kevin McKinley, Tom Burzinski, Gregg Hoffmann, Tom Still and Steve Jagler: ************************************************************ TECHNOLOGY (back to top) – Revenue flowing through pipe makes cable attractive – Clean-tech pushed by WARF, bioenergy center
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ECONOMY (back to top) – Slow paddling: With few exceptions, water sports profits drop – Burke Foundation to give $1 million to Journey House – Two-year UW campus enrollment rises – Footlights publisher moves to New Berlin – Wisconsin exports dive 21.5% in 1st half of year – Sports teams discover that recycling is good business
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LABOR (back to top) – Groups join to oppose mayoral MPS takeover
SMALL BUSINESS (back to top) – New Glarus entrepreneur finds diaper business dandy
INVESTING (back to top) – Investment managers can go from zero to hero over time REAL ESTATE (back to top) – Green Bay: Study: Area health costs increase, but overall, they’re still below state, national averages
AGRIBUSINESS (back to top) REGULATION (back to top) – Regulators fight pay raises
TOURISM (back to top) – ‘Discover Wisconsin’ to highlight Wood County tourism
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