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Stephen Bernard AP Business Writer New York — Financial services executives believe business conditions will bottom in 2009 before a recovery in the sector and broader economy occurs next year, according to a new study from KPMG LLP. About 70 ...

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Sean Ryan [email protected] Less than a quarter of contractors responded to this year’s prevailing wage state surveys, leaving industry representatives debating the best ways to improve the system. “It can be improved, I think,” said Steve Stone, president of Associated ...

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Sean Ryan [email protected] Months of debate over whether expanding the reach of prevailing wage would ruin the industry did little to persuade contractors to fill out the state survey. “Typically we don’t,” said Gregory Reesman Jr., president of Reesman’s Excavating ...

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Sean Ryan [email protected] The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will pursue its plan to build an engineering campus in Wauwatosa despite negative feedback from faculty. The university surveyed staff members (PDF) to get their opinion on the campus plan, and the mostly ...

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