Business people in Wisconsin enter 2010 with a much hardened view of the world. Going through a near depression will do that to you.
Almost every manager was faced the undesirable task of shrinking their enterprises and letting go of valuable employees, many with long tenures of service. Business volumes in manufacturing, the mainstay of the state's economy, fell by half or more in early 2009.
Original Article: Businesses find friends are few in tough times - JSOnline
