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.
🔒 Federal Reserve approves Old National, First Midwest merger
The planned merger of Old National Bancorp. And First Midwest Bancorp has received approval from the Federal Reserve, clearing the way for the deal to close in the near future.
🔒 Rockwell Automation CEO thinks ‘we are still early’ in multi-year...
Rockwell Automation’s outlook for its current fiscal year calls for sales to increase around $1.22 billion, which would put revenues above $8.22 billion for the year.
🔒 New CEO putting Associated Bank in growth mode
Andrew Harmening was already familiar with Associated Bank’s core markets. He grew up in Chicago, has been coming to family reunions in Wisconsin for...
🔒 First Choice Ingredients finds the right fit with Royal DSM
Jim Pekar’s dream was always to build First Choice Ingredients into a company with $100 million in annual revenue.Â
When he agreed to sell the...
🔒 Baird to acquire Pittsburgh wealth management firm
Milwaukee-based Baird plans to acquire Hefren-Tillotson, a Pittsburgh-based wealth management firm with more than $18 billion in client assets.
Steve Booth, chairman, president and chief...
WEC Energy Group to test hydrogen power at Michigan plant
WEC Energy Group plans to test hydrogen as fuel source for its power plants as part of a pilot program with the Electric Power...
🔒 5 minutes with: Karim Donnez
In May 2020, BRP announced it would end production of its Evinrude outboard engines. It was a decision that eliminated hundreds of jobs in...
🔒 ManpowerGroup CEO on how companies can solve their workforce needs
If the labor market was tight before the pandemic, it is even tighter now and the challenges are more acute in southeastern Wisconsin.
Prior to...
🔒 Amid supply chain chaos, paying attention to the details matters...
Sandi Siegel has had a pretty good seat for the chaos taking place in global supply chains. She’s the president of M.E. Dey &...
Weekly Debrief: How Wisconsin came up short in bid for $20...
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Lauren Anderson, Andrew Weiland and Arthur Thomas of BizTimes Media get together to discuss how economic development officials in southeastern Wisconsin came up...
🔒 Associated Bank CFO to retire later this year
Chris Del Moral-Niles will retire as chief financial officer of Associated Banc-Corp. later this year, the Green Bay-based bank announced Thursday.
Wisconsin’s unemployment rate dips to 2.8%
Wisconsin’s unemployment rate dropped to 2.8% in December, a record low, but the state’s total private sector employment remains down 67,600 from its pre-pandemic...
