http://onmilwaukee.com/rss/rss_stevejagler.xml Milwaukee's Daily Magazine Steve Jagler en-us Fri, 16 May 2008 11:15:05 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://onmilwaukee.com/images/layout/omc_rssfeed_logo.gif http://onmilwaukee.com 204 67 Business is just booming in Canada, eh. That message rang loud and clear at the Milwaukee World Trade Association's 44th annual Wisconsin International Trade Conference Tuesday. http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/ohcanada.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/ohcanada.html?15263 Thu, 15 May 2008 07:51:00 CST The prevailing perception around these parts is that Milwaukee has no chance of being home to the corporate headquarters of a merged Miller Brewing Co. and Molson Coors Brewing Co. http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/millerhq.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/millerhq.html?15183 Thu, 8 May 2008 09:16:00 CST Joe Pine, the co-author of "Authenticity: What Consumers Really Want," sent an e-mail the other day ... http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/authenticmilw.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/authenticmilw.html?15058 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:23:00 CST Do you have any grandiose business ideas you'd like to bounce off of some of southeastern Wisconsin's brightest and most innovative company leaders? http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/bizexpopreview.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/bizexpopreview.html?15019 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:07:00 CST In our most recent reader survey, Small Business Times asked readers to identify the topics they are most interested in reading about. Two of the top answers were "Business Growth" and "Leadership." http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/biztechexpo08.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/biztechexpo08.html?14945 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:57:00 CST David Wittwer, president and chief executive officer of TDS Telecom, the Madison-based parent company of TDS Metrocom, has resigned from the board of directors of the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC), the state's largest business lobbying group. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/tdsceo.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/tdsceo.html?14796 Thu, 3 Apr 2008 15:39:00 CST A lot of words might come to mind when you think of Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward. Depending upon your perspective, those words might include: trendy; cool; hip; artsy; creative class; urban revival; snooty; pretentious; and overpriced. http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/thirdwarthriving.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/thirdwarthriving.html?14767 Wed, 2 Apr 2008 08:13:00 CST Milwaukee, we've got a problem. As I'm sure you've heard by now, only three NBA facilities are older than the Bradley Cente http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/bconclock.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/bconclock.html?14661 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:03:00 CST Wisconsin will be among a handful of "purple" states that will decide the presidential election in November. That prediction was among several observations made by a panel of political experts at a Milwaukee Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon Wednesday. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/purplestate.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/purplestate.html?14616 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:11:00 CST Even with the best of intentions, no business can survive without a successful bottom line. Successful workers, managers, divisions and entire companies must be empowered, evaluated and held accountable for the results they achieve. http://onmilwaukee.com/family/articles/nonprofitworks.html http://onmilwaukee.com/family/articles/nonprofitworks.html?14529 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:42:00 CST Is the Video Competition Act that was recently signed into law in Wisconsin good public policy that will generate true competition for cable television in the state, resulting in lower prices for consumers? http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/videocompblog.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/videocompblog.html?14454 Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:39:00 CST A coalition of irrepressible people is convening behind the scenes to drag this beer-drinking, cheese-eating, brat-loving town into a mindset of wellness and personal fitness. http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/mkewellcity.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/mkewellcity.html?14374 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:45:00 CST Edward Zore recalls the day in 2003 very clearly. He was walking out of a meeting in the Milwaukee Club at 706 N. Jefferson St. Downtown with then-newly elected Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle and then-cabinet member Marc Marotta. http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/zore.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/zore.html?14340 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:55:00 CST Sixty years after the creation of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, many of the GMC's missions are less tangible, but they are no less real. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/gmc60.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/gmc60.html?14196 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:13:00 CST Today marks the 64th anniversary of Groucho Marx's live broadcast of his "Pabst Blue Ribbon Town" radio program from Milwaukee. http://onmilwaukee.com/bars/articles/grouchoanniversary.html http://onmilwaukee.com/bars/articles/grouchoanniversary.html?14120 Tue, 5 Feb 2008 09:14:00 CST As you may know, in the past couple of weeks, I have been just hammered on the air and in print by Milwaukee radio bullies Mark Belling and Charlie Sykes. However, unlike most of the local people, public servants, organizations and businesses that Belling and Sykes criticize on a daily basis, I do have a forum or two for rebuttal. http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/jaglerrebuttal.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/jaglerrebuttal.html?14091 Fri, 1 Feb 2008 09:12:00 CST I turned on the radio on my desk to hear Belling reading, verbatim, a blog I wrote for OnMilwaukee.com last week. The blog featured the comments of five prominent local chief executive officers speaking at the Public Policy Forum luncheon, where they trashed Milwaukee as a terrible place to do business. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/bellingsbt.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/bellingsbt.html?13950 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:37:00 CST Today is the last day for the public to submit their personal photographs for the Milwaukee Moments contest that will be used to celebrate at the 162nd City of Milwaukee Birthday Party. http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/milwaukeemoments.html http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/milwaukeemoments.html?13907 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:48:00 CST If Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers can battle their way through the playoffs and advance to Super Bowl XLII in Glendale, Ariz., a very capable cheesehead will be eagerly waiting there to greet them. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/superbowlhost.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/superbowlhost.html?13903 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:27:00 CST Denver's effort to woo Miller received a huge a boost from a rather strange place Thursday: from Milwaukee's business community. http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/ownworstenemy.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/ownworstenemy.html?13867 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:35:00 CST The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin is holding steadfast in its determination to develop a new casino at Dairyland Greyhound Park in Kenosha, but a member of its partnering tribe on the East Coast is expressing growing concerns about the likelihood that the project will ever see the light of day. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/kenoshacasinodoubt.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/kenoshacasinodoubt.html?13842 Wed, 9 Jan 2008 09:29:00 CST It is painfully ironic that Lee Sherman Dreyfus, Wisconsin's last populist governor, died on the eve of the Iowa caucuses, which mark the beginning of what will surely be the most disgusting, disheartening and dirty presidential election this country has ever seen. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/dreyfus.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/dreyfus.html?13787 Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:32:00 CST Why battle the traffic to go to a crowded mall or stand in line at a jam-packed department store, when I can just order the same merchandise online, have it delivered directly to my door and avoid paying the state sales tax? http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/clicksnotbricks.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/clicksnotbricks.html?13718 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:37:00 CST I'm talking about really giving back. Giving back time, talent and fortune. Well, if you don't know how or you've never been asked, I'm going to take those excuses away from you right now. http://onmilwaukee.com/seasonal/holidays/articles/makeadifferent.html http://onmilwaukee.com/seasonal/holidays/articles/makeadifferent.html?13678 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:07:00 CST Every year in early December, the good folks on the board of directors at the Council of Small Business Executives (COSBE) are kind enough to invite me and a couple other business news editors to a round-table discussion. http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/halffull.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/halffull.html?13591 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:17:00 CST Mark H. Murphy's diverse background and strong people skills convinced the Green Bay Packers' board of directors to go outside of their little inner circle and pick him to be the next president and chief executive officer of the team. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/markmurphy.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/markmurphy.html?13487 Mon, 3 Dec 2007 20:45:00 CST Should the potential blackout of Thursday's Packers-Cowboys game become an issue for the FCC to take up? No way, says blogger Steve Jagler. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/cableblog.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/cableblog.html?13427 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:22:00 CST In this age of "if it bleeds, it leads" journalism and the seemingly endless, negative presidential campaign that has only begun to get ugly, it's way too easy to become jaded, cynical and even isolated. http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/heroesamongus.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/heroesamongus.html?13366 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:19:00 CST If you've got a home for sale at this time, God bless you. You're going to need it. And it's going to get worse before it gets better. http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/housingblog.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/housingblog.html?13189 Fri, 2 Nov 2007 11:26:00 CST If your only source of information was local conservative talk radio, you would be convinced that passenger trains are evil, maniacal tools of the liberal elite. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/masstransitskeptics.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/masstransitskeptics.html?13103 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:10:00 CST Dear readers: It's time to bring you updates on two recent blogs I wrote for OnMilwaukee.com. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/ceolukeupdates.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/ceolukeupdates.html?13036 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:33:00 CST SABMiller plc and Molson Coors Brewing Co. today announced that they have signed a letter of intent to combine their U.S. and Puerto Rico operations to create a larger company to compete against the world's largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch Inc. http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/strangebrewmerger.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/strangebrewmerger.html?12949 Tue, 9 Oct 2007 16:14:00 CST The question now is: Will The Wall Street Journal retain that credibility? That is doubtful, now that the publication's parent company, Dow Jones, will be acquired by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., which owns and operates Fox News, the New York Post and other conservative media outlets. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/wsjrip.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/wsjrip.html?12905 Fri, 5 Oct 2007 09:03:00 CST As the legendary Ricky Ricardo used to say, when John Jazwiec gets back from his trip to London in a couple of weeks, he's going to have "a whole lot of 'splainin' to do." http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/redprairieceo.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/redprairieceo.html?12880 Wed, 3 Oct 2007 15:52:00 CST Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan admitted earlier this month that he was caught by surprise by the subprime mortgage collapse and the depths of the credit crunch and the housing bubble. http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/seefuturenow.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/seefuturenow.html?12817 Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:42:00 CST To get a state budget done before the holidays, it's looking more and more like Democrats will need to take their bold Healthy Wisconsin off the table as a budget item, if the Republicans agree to consider the reform plan on its own merits in the next session. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/companyhealthcarecosts.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/companyhealthcarecosts.html?12744 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:56:00 CST The health care reform movement is moving forward -- with or without input and ideas from Wisconsin's business community. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/heathcaredebate.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/heathcaredebate.html?12670 Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:36:00 CST Allow me to encourage you to attend the next Milwaukee Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon, which will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 12. The forum is titled, "Healthy Wisconsin: Effective Reform or a Burdensome New Tax?" http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/healthywisconsin.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/healthywisconsin.html?12596 Fri, 7 Sep 2007 08:27:00 CST A few months ago, Jim Bender, a friend of mine who is the communications director for Wisconsin Assembly Majority Leader Jeff Fitzgerald (R-Horicon), asked me if I knew of anyone who is competent and knowledgeable about technology and would be interested in serving on a special committee. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/bestpractices.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/bestpractices.html?12540 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:33:00 CST If you haven’t visited or done business in downtown Milwaukee for a while, let me warn you about something that is likely to puzzle you the next time you’re there. Its name is LUKE. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/lukenotcool.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/lukenotcool.html?12465 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:25:00 CST The following is a completely fictional account of the dialogue behind the scenes Thursday at the meeting of Midwest Air Group Inc.’s board of directors, which met to decide between agreeing to let the company be acquired by TPG Capital L.P. and Northwest Airlines Inc. or AirTran Holdings Inc. http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/midwestmeeting.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/midwestmeeting.html?12412 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:28:00 CST It's time to become educated on the issue of health care reform. We need all ideas on the table. We need to rethink the entire system. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/rebuildhealthcare.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/rebuildhealthcare.html?12352 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:10:00 CST I have no reason to believe that AirTran Holdings Inc. chief executive officer Joseph Leonard is a liar. None. He seems like a straight shooter and he's certainly had an accomplished career in the airline industry. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/airtranpromises.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/airtranpromises.html?12283 Fri, 3 Aug 2007 08:53:00 CST The best candidate for the job indeed may be right beneath our noses. He’s Jack MacDonough. http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/macdonoughjagler.html http://onmilwaukee.com/sports/articles/macdonoughjagler.html?12221 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:51:00 CST An informal survey of local business leaders reveals that most feel that an AirTran takeover of Midwest Airlines is inevitable and will be detrimental to Milwaukee. http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/jaglerairtran.html http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/jaglerairtran.html?12165 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 06:31:00 CST It seems like just yesterday that thousands of disappointed motorcyclists were scratching their heads in bewilderment and disappointment as Elton John sang songs such as “Daniel” and “I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues” along Milwaukee’s lakefront. http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/harley105.html http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/harley105.html?12115 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:38:00 CST I recently had my first "Al Gore moment." It came while on our family vacation in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/algoremoment.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/algoremoment.html?12040 Fri, 6 Jul 2007 09:18:00 CST At the annual Waukesha Chamber of Commerce Top Ten Small Businesses of the Year luncheon recently, we learned about what makes several successful local businesses special. Perhaps other companies can find inspiration from their stories. http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/specialcompany.html http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/specialcompany.html?11893 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:06:00 CST Should the government just stand back and let the free market decide which products, technologies and energy sources proliferate and which ones perish? http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/energydebate.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/energydebate.html?11837 Fri, 8 Jun 2007 07:20:00 CST "Milwaukee's Mental Health System: A Crisis in our Midst" was the focus of the Milwaukee Press Club's Newsmaker Luncheon Wednesday. The event featured a panel of experts. http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/mentalheath.html http://onmilwaukee.com/politics/articles/mentalheath.html?11788 Fri, 1 Jun 2007 09:27:00 CST