Several Eau Claire businesses and individuals were honored Wednesday evening during the Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting held in the Pablo Center at the Confluence.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — A Chippewa Falls man charged with sexual assault in April 2017 failed to show up for a court appearance Wednesday in Chippewa County Court, so a warrant was issued for his arrest.
CHIPPEWA FALLS — A Chippewa Falls man who was charged with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl was convicted Wednesday of two counts of child abuse.
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the spring issue of Business Leader. To view that magazine and other special publications created by the Leader-Telegram, go to leadertelegram.com/magazines.
Chris Kroeze joins Wednesday chamber event
The following area business registrations, such as limited liability companies and corporations, were filed in February.
Governors helped the U.S. Treasury Department choose nearly 9,000 economically distressed “opportunity zones” where people can get a tax break for investing in certain businesses and properties.
Bauer Built buys Omaha-based business
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the spring issue of Business Leader magazine. To view that and other special publications from the Leader-Telegram, go to leadertelegram.com/magazines.
The following area business registrations, such as limited liability companies and corporations, were filed in February.
To win back customers after bankruptcy, Sears wants to go back to the future.
The following bankruptcies were filed during March in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court’s Western District of Wisconsin.
The label on the grocery package contains the reassuring words, “sustainably sourced.” But what does that actually mean for the environment?
DETROIT — Pickups are overpriced and are sliding on quality, some consumers say.
Security Financial Bank presents free fraud seminar
WASHINGTON — Wells Fargo & Co.’s embattled chief executive, Tim Sloan — who has struggled to get the giant San Francisco bank past a seemingly endless series of customer abuse scandals — is retiring.
The Boeing brand is taking a beating in the aftermath of two fatal 737 Max crashes in less than five months. The aerospace giant is confronting a withering backlash from regulators, politicians and investors, as well as airline executives and consumers.
I keep getting notifications from a sweepstakes website on my iMac.
Target has announced a sweeping set of goals to reduce its carbon footprint that for the first time puts pressure on its suppliers to do the same.
Neel Kashkari, the Minneapolis Fed president who has been a vocal opponent of interest rate hikes, laid out new thinking on a key benchmark as he expressed support Friday for the central bank’s decision to hold rates in place, likely for the year.
Melissa Meixner-Schlewitz leaves her pet pug Norm at home before work each day, but the canine’s wrinkly smiling face is one of the first things she sees when walking into offices at IDEXX.
Chamber will give students a taste of real life
For the first time, a higher percentage of households in the U.S. subscribe to a digital streaming service than to traditional pay television, according to the results of a new survey released last week by Deloitte.
LOS ANGELES — A fierce struggle over automation has erupted at the Port of Los Angeles, as local union officials representing some 12,000 dockworkers demand that one of the world’s largest shipping firms abandon a plan to introduce driverless electric cargo trucks.
Memorial High School student Daikon Iverson looked into getting his four-wheeler powder coated, but it occurred to him that he might be able to do it himself.
Downtown group issues awards
Cash registers in Eau Claire County saw $101.5 million more last year than they did in 2017.
MINNEAPOLIS — Target is embracing the blur — and it paid off in its best full-year sales growth since 2005.
New vehicles are piling up on U.S. car dealer lots, creating concern just as sales are expected to sputter.
Breakfast will feature talk on UW-EC programs
GLENVIEW, Ill. — Robin Ross, director of culinary at Kraft Heinz, doesn’t need data to know how much consumer tastes have changed since processed food reigned supreme.
Last year proved to be a comeback for long beleaguered SeaWorld Entertainment, which saw its first annual gain in attendance since 2015, the company reported Thursday.
The number of Americans who shop online for mattresses — one of the most personal and expensive possessions in a home — continues to grow and reshape the business of selling them.
The following area business registrations, such as limited liability companies and corporations, were filed in January.
The following bankruptcies were filed during February in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court’s Western District of Wisconsin.
Commercial real estate firm opens in Eau Claire
Eau Claire recorded its third-biggest year for construction last year based on value estimates tied to building permits issued in 2018.
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the winter issue of Business Leader, a magazine produced by the Leader-Telegram. To view that publication and others, go to leadertelegram.com/magazines.
C-W students win JA business contest
The following area business registrations, such as limited liability companies and corporations, were filed in January.
Al Overland is not saying you should refer to almond milk as nut juice. He’s also not saying you shouldn’t.
National Presto Industries, an Eau Claire-based company that produces housewares, small appliances and ammunition, announced recently that sales fell 3.1 percent last year.
Looking like a delegation of toasters from space, a generation of electrically powered, self-driving mail trucks will roll out of a suburban Detroit industrial park later this year. Their mission: revolutionize mail and package delivery.
