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John Oncken
Cross Country: It's tough to be a farmer if you don't understand high-tech
The farming side of the huge agricultural world is high-tech and complicated. No longer does a profitable farmer simply plow, plant and hope for the best. read story
Charter subsidiaries miss interest payments
Charter Communications Inc. announced that two of its business units have missed $73.7 million in interest payments on senior notes due Thursday. read story
Hawaii takes closely watched digital TV plunge
Hawaii residents lit up special TV help center phone lines Thursday as the state was shutting down all analog broadcast signals, more than a month before the rest of the country is scheduled to make the now-contentious switch. read story
Apple stock drops 7% as CEO Jobs takes medical leave
The decision by Apple Inc. boss Steve Jobs to take a medical leave after learning that his health issues were "more complex" than originally thought renews questions about the succession plan of a company whose fate has been closely linked to its charismatic leader. read story
Tommy Bartlett Inc. sues insurer for not covering Lake Delton losses
Tommy Bartlett Inc., the iconic Wisconsin Dells tourist attraction, is suing Sun Prairie-based General Casualty Insurance for not covering losses incurred after Lake Delton drained, ending water ski shows there last summer. read story
GE to close Lunar office in Madison
The former Lunar Corp., now known as GE Healthcare Lunar, will be closing operations at 726 Heartland Trail in Middleton in June and consolidating functions at the GE Healthcare facility located at 3030 Ohmeda Drive in Madison. read story
- Community Car, Madison's car-sharing service, has some competition
- Charter makes moves toward restructuring
- Business Beat: Economic crisis should spark consolidation
- New smartphone among gadgets at massive Vegas fest
- Fed chairman Bernanke backs economic stimulus
- Great Wolf shares fall on mortgage loan concerns
- Workshops coming up for women in business
- Economy made few gains in Bush years
- Anchor BanCorp taking $110M of federal bailout money
- Nominations due Jan. 19 for awards for employers who support military workers
- Citigroup posts $8.29B loss, splits up the company
- Bank of America posts 4Q loss; gets $20B from US
- Treasury, Bank of America reach bailout deal
- Wall Street points toward higher opening
- Oil languishes near $35 on weakening US economy
- Johnson Controls swings to 1Q loss
- Energy Agency sees oil demand sliding for 2nd year
- Honda reduces Europe output, Japan jobs, output
- Samsung Electronics reorganizes to fight slump
- UBS sells parts of commodities unit to Barclays
- Intel sees more hard times in 2009
- Review: Blockbuster's $99 video box disappoints
- Sequels to iconic CEOs rarely as good as original
- Apple shares down after Jobs' reversal on health
- Jobs' hiatus thrusts quiet exec into the spotlight
- New Yahoo CEO gets pay package worth at least $19M
- Apple's disclosures about Jobs might draw lawsuits
- Hawaii takes closely watched digital TV plunge
- FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to join Aspen Institute
- Microsoft's shadow looms over Yahoo's new CEO
