Tuesday, August 14, 2007

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Monday, August 13, 2007

Wisconsin manufacturing jobs down 1.5 percent | The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

"For the first time since 2003, Wisconsin's manufacturing employment declined compared with the previous year, with the decrease driven by large numbers of small businesses closing shop, according to the latest edition of an industrial guide. Manufacturing employment in the state dropped 1.5 percent over the past 12 months, according to the 2008 Wisconsin Manufacturers Register, an industrial guide published annually by Manufacturers' News Inc., of Evanston, Ill. The publication reports Wisconsin lost 9,885 manufacturing jobs and 303 manufacturers since June 2006, marking the first year the state lost jobs since 2003."