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.
Canadian plastics manufacturer buys Pleasant Prairie building, plans to bring dozens...
Balcan Plastics, a Quebec-based manufacturer of flexible packaging and technical films, has bought a nearly 169,000-square-foot facility in Pleasant Prairie’s LakeView Corporate Park.
🔒 NVNG looks to help companies innovate through venture capital
Whether or not the $100 million venture capital fund Gov. Tony Evers proposed in his budget actually becomes reality, it appears there will be...
🔒 FinTech startups to watch in Wisconsin
Like many industries, the past year has brought plenty of disruption to the financial services sector. Banks were forced to quickly adapt to providing...
Weekly Debrief: Innovate Wisconsin and Deshea Agee leaving King Drive BID
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Lauren Anderson and Alex Zank join Arthur Thomas for the Weekly Debrief on the BizTimes MKE Podcast. They discuss Deshea Agree leaving the...
Holey Moley Coffee + Doughnuts closing Third Ward location
Holey Moley Coffee + Doughnuts has closed its storefront at 316 N. Milwaukee in the Third Ward, according to an announcement on the company’s...
🔒 Innovation powers Milwaukee Tool’s growth
As Steve Richman describes it, changing the focus of Milwaukee Tool was the easy part.Â
In the mid-2000s, when Richman and other new leaders arrived...
🔒 QPS Employment Group sold to employees
Brookfield-based QPS Employment Group is now an employee-owned company after completing an employee stock ownership plan transaction last week.
Mitchell Airport planning job fair as traffic up 2.8% from March
Passenger traffic at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport continued to return in April with 344,791 passengers coming on and off planes there during the month.
🔒 Old National, First Midwest to merge in $2.5 billion deal
Old National Bancorp and First Midwest Bancorp plan to merge into a single entity that will go forward under the Old National brand.
Indiana-based Old...
Weekly Debrief: 5 prime development sites in metro Milwaukee

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BizTimes Media's Arthur Thomas and Andrew Weiland follow-up on a discussion from last week's episode where Andrew described the future site of a...
🔒 Businesses are struggling to find workers, so what’s happening with...
Wisconsin’s overall wage growth has been amongst the slowest in the country compared to pre-pandemic levels, but the state’s construction sector has been a bright spot and is among the highest in the country when it comes to worker pay.
🔒 Baird net revenue up 13% to $2.33 billion in 2020
Net revenue at Milwaukee-based Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. increased 13% in 2020 to $2.33 billion, marking the 11th straight year the company has achieved record revenues.
