Eric Decker

While some business owners and executives have chosen sides in the governor's race, a significant number have made matching donations to the campaigns of both Tom Barrett and Scott Walker.

New ideas "He's not concerned about who gets credit for things, he's concerned with solving problems," said Bob...

The HOG connection David Davis, president and CEO of Menomonee Falls-based Securant Bank & Trust, got to know...

Wisconsin is at a crossroads. The state faces a projected deficit of $2.7 billion next year. Unemployment is hovering around 7.8 percent and shows no sign of declining anytime soon. The state has shed about 70,000 jobs from the manufacturing sector, where it employs roughly 15 percent of its workforce, over the past two years.

The former Allis-Chalmers site in West Allis has largely been redeveloped into a shopping center and an office park with health care, educational, technology and other uses taking up space formerly occupied by heavy manufacturing.

Milwaukee historian John Gurda recently authored "The Drive To Lead," a history of Butler-based Actuant Corp. that commemorates the company's 100th anniversary.

The best-known businesses in West Bend have historically been in the manufacturing and financial services sectors – companies such as Regal Ware, West Bend Mutual Insurance, Serigraph and Gehl Co.

Mixer Systems Inc. 90 Simmons Ave., Pewaukee Industry: Concrete batch plants and mixers for manufacturers of concrete...

Throughout 2010, the mergers and acquisition marketplace, particularly the middle market, has seen a significant rebound from the lows realized in 2009, during the height of the Great Recession.

Maynard Steel Casting Co. 2856 S. 27th St., Milwaukee Industry: Steel castings for the mining, military...

Unless Congress and President Barack Obama act, the tax cuts passed in 2001 and 2003, known as the Bush tax cuts, will expire when the calendar turns to 2011.

One of the fallouts of the Great Recession was that the demand for – and the availability of – commercial lending drastically and quickly diminished.