Arthur Thomas
Arthur covers banking and finance and the economy at BizTimes while also leading special projects as an associate editor. He also spent five years covering manufacturing at BizTimes. He previously was managing editor at The Waukesha Freeman. He is a graduate of Carroll University and did graduate coursework at Marquette. A native of southeastern Wisconsin, he is also a nationally certified gymnastics judge and enjoys golf on the weekends.
Universities of Wisconsin enrollment up according to preliminary 2024 data
The Universities of Wisconsin saw its total enrollment increase by 1,058 to 163,589, according to preliminary first-day student counts.
The 0.7% increase brought the system...
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🔒 How can employers engage employees in retirement planning?
For younger workers, the prospect of retirement may seem like a distant possibility. Those entering the workforce now have another four decades and a...
🔒 Scale, succession driving wealth management consolidation
Merit Financial Advisors entered the Wisconsin market in August 2022 by acquiring Sheboygan Falls-based Mersberger Financial Group. The Georgia-based firm has since made four...
🔒 Price tag for Nexus Pharmaceuticals plant sale to Lilly approached...
Pharmaceutical giant Lilly paid nearly $1 billion for the Nexus Pharmaceuticals plant in Pleasant Prairie, according to the company’s securities filings.
Lilly paid $924.7 million,...
🔒 Surveys of Wisconsin businesses offer lackluster, pessimistic economic outlook
Two recent surveys of Wisconsin and Milwaukee area businesses offer a lackluster and pessimistic outlook for economic growth in the second half of 2024.
"There...
🔒 Johnson Controls offers two top execs incentive to stay amid...
Johnson Controls International offered two of its top executives an incentive to stay with the company as chief executive officer George Oliver retires from...
🔒 Public Record: Naming rights boost Wisconsin Center District revenues
The Wisconsin Center District – which oversees the Baird Center, Miller High Life Theatre and UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena – saw its total operating revenues...
🔒 Wisconsin leads the nation in wage growth, but there’s nuance...
The average hourly wage in Wisconsin was $33.48 in June. A year earlier, it was $30.93. The year-over-year increase of 8.2% was the second...
🔒 Johnson Controls selling portion of HVAC business for $8.1 billion
Johnson Controls International plc plans to sell its residential and light commercial HVAC business to Bosch Group for a total consideration of $8.1 billion.
"We...
Wisconsin added 6,700 private sector jobs in June
Wisconsin added 6,700 private sector jobs in June and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 2.9%, according to the latest data from the U.S....
🔒 Generac enters EV charging market with Level 2 product
Generac Power Systems on Monday announced the launch of a Level 2 electric vehicle charger, the company’s first EV charging offering.
"Generac's expansion into the EV...
