Implement manufacturer is on the grow
 It is the dream of nearly every budding entrepreneur: Start a business in your garage and grow it into a thriving company.  Kory Anderson, 27, has done that with Anderson Industries. The company makes...
View ArticleNorthern State to receive $55,000 for scientific research
Northern State University will receive $55,000 for scientific research. The money will come from a $920,000 special performance improvement fund created by state legislators in the 2011 session. Funds...
View ArticleJapanese company to invest $10 million in local geothermal project
A local geothermal plant will get a hand from a global company. Fuji Electric Co., a leading supplier of turbine-generator equipment to the power-generation industry, announced Thursday its investment...
View ArticleThursday Morning Coffee: The five things you need to know this morning.
 The candidates for the Brown County Commission would bring different experiences and perspectives to a job that requires providing quality county services on a limited budget.  Four candidates are...
View ArticleChina: Agro machinery market attracts leading manufacturer
HARBIN - A major China granary attracts one world-leading agricultural machinery manufacturer as it anticipates another record-high autumn harvest. The investment from American company John Deere,...
View ArticleChinese officials back down on chemical plant in face of protests
Navistar International Corp. on Thursday announced a narrowed fiscal first-quarter loss and named a new chief executive, who said he expects the company's 13-liter truck engine to be in full production...
View ArticleDMAX still cranks out engines
The DMAX diesel engine plant here is the area's last facility with a substantial General Motors stake. And while the plant is not seeing the strong pre-recession business it once enjoyed, the plant is...
View ArticleRace is on to ship Pennsylvania natural gas liquids to Gulf sites
From some angles, it looks as if all pipelines lead to Beaumont. The Texas town seems to build in bulk when it comes to prisons, Baptist churches and taquerias -- and pipelines are no different, with...
View ArticleMalloy Announces $37 Million For Capital Improvement At Community Colleges
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Tuesday that more than $37 million in capital improvement projects for the state's community colleges will be placed on the agenda for next week's State Bond Commission...
View ArticleDeere second-quarter net income jumps 65 percent as sales grow
Deere & Co. said Wednesday its fiscal second-quarter profit soared 65 percent because of strong demand for its agricultural equipment, especially in the United States, Canada and Brazil. The...
View ArticleChinese officials back down on chemical plant in face of protests
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Tuesday that more than $37 million in capital improvement projects for the state's community colleges will be placed on the agenda for next week's State Bond Commission...
View ArticleBill setting five-year depreciation schedule for farming equipment
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and Pat Roberts (R-KS) introduced bipartisan legislation that would amend the U.S. tax code to...
View ArticleFord Introduces Three New F-150 Engines
No one walks you through truck engines better than Mile Levine, editor of PickupTrucks.com. That???s why you have to check out his report on Ford???s new trio of engines for the F-150, including the...
View ArticleThermo Fisher profit tops Street view as Life deal awaits
April 24 (Reuters) - Laboratory equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, which this month agreed to acquire Life Technologies Inc, on Wednesday reported a higher-than-expected first-quarter...
View ArticleThermo Fisher profit tops Street view as Life awaits
(Reuters) - Laboratory equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, which this month agreed to acquire Life Technologies Inc for more than $13 billion, on Wednesday reported a higher-than-expected...
View ArticleBill setting five-year depreciation schedule for farming equipment
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and Pat Roberts (R-KS) introduced bipartisan legislation that would amend the U.S. tax code to...
View ArticleLawsuit says Thermo Fisher deliberately concealed information: WSJ
(Reuters) - A lawsuit filed on Friday alleged that laboratory equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc sold a Mexican plant last year without revealing that a drug cartel was operating there, the...
View ArticleThermo Fisher sued over sale of Mexico plant used by drug cartel
(Reuters) - Opengate Capital Group LLC filed a lawsuit on Friday alleging that laboratory equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc sold it a Mexican plant last year without revealing that a drug...
View ArticleBill setting five-year depreciation schedule for farming equipment
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and Pat Roberts (R-KS) introduced bipartisan legislation that would amend the U.S. tax code to...
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