Businesses expect better year

Optimism about the local economy is high: More Dane County business leaders think business will be strong in the coming year than a year ago. More than eight of every 10 of the companies surveyed said they expect their performance to improve in 2007, according to a survey prepared by the UW-Madison School of Business’ A.C. Nielsen Center for Marketing Research and sponsored by First Business Bank and the UW-Madison School of Business.