BIZ BEAT: One-Fourth Of Stores Caught Overcharging Customers
MADISON, Wis. -- One out of every four Wisconsin stores inspected for price accuracy failed the test, with some paying hefty fines and their customers on the hook for overcharges, a WISC-TV investigation found.
read moreLessons of a Young Professional: Breaking News
The young professional that I am, I'm still having plenty of "first" experiences in this business. (Maybe they never stop happening.) On a recent Friday night — with only a photographer and I on shift — I experienced a day of breaking news coverage unlike anyone in our newsroom had seen in years.
read moreProgress Report: Six Months On The Job
It's been a little more than half a year since I moved to Madison and began reporting full time at WISC-TV, the CBS affiliate and longtime No. 1 station in this market. So, what's it been like? I have to say, it's still a little odd to think that being a journalist is my full-time — and only — job. Sure, I clean my apartment, pay the bills, and do grown-up tasks, such as determining how much I should contribute to my 401(k). But I no longer juggle three jobs, five classes, post-graduation plans, and the other things that come with college life.
read moreBIZ BEAT: More Mass Layoffs, Plant Closings In 2011
MADISON, Wis. -- More Wisconsin businesses closed or laid off a significant amount of their workers in 2011 than a year earlier, state data indicated. There were 87 new plant closings and mass layoffs through Dec. 29, according to the state Department of Workforce Development, which tracks the data. There were 71 such events in 2010.
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