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Card Issuers Examine Accounts
Posted on February 12th, 2009 No commentsSome financial institutions in Wisconsin are reissuing credit and debit cards or internally monitoring card accounts following a security breach disclosed Jan. 20 by Heartland Payment Systems of Princeton, N.J. Heartland processes million transactions a month for Visa, Mastercard, American Express and about 100 Express and Discover cards used at 250,000 merchants nationwide. Read the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article.
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Home Prices Fall 3.7% in 2008
Posted on February 12th, 2009 No commentsHome prices in Wisconsin fell 3.7 percent last year, compared to a 9.5 percent decline nationally, according to the Wisconsin Realtors Association. However, the volume of home sales in the state fell 19.1 percent in 2008, worse than the national decline of 13.1 percent, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
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Bank Cancels Resort Trip
Posted on February 12th, 2009 No commentsFacing a “heated reaction” from shareholders, politicians and the general public, Paul Beideman, chief executive of Green Bay-based Associated Bank, canceled a planned five-day excursion to Puerto Rico for 100 top-performing staffers. Read the story from Fox 11-TV in Green Bay.