Economic Development

According to a new study issued today by BMO Harris Financial Advisors, 65 percent of Wisconsinites will be making at least one New Year’s resolution for 2014, and 36 percent of those resolutions will be related to personal finances.

Robert W. Baird & Co.'s public finance team has been recognized with a “Deal of the Year” award from The Bond Buyer.

BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation Inc. has elected five members to its investment committee.

Former U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl, owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, is seeking new investors for the ownership of the team.

Wisconsin ranks 29th in the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council's 2013 "Small Business Policy Index 2013: Ranking the States on Policy Measures and Costs Impacting Small Business and Entrepreneurship."

Green Bay-based Associated Banc-Corp announced it has appointed Milwaukee attorney Cory Nettles to its board of directors.

Local Initiatives Support Corporation's (LISC's) Milwaukee chapter has announced 16 finalists for its 2014 MANDI Awards, which honor individuals, organizations, corporations and programs investing significant funds and efforts into neighborhood development within Milwaukee's central city.

Oak Creek-based Eder Flag Manufacturing Co. has acquired some of the assets and expertise of Baartol Company, a Kenton, Ohio-based flagpole manufacturer that is going out of business.

Milwaukee-based ARI Network Services Inc., a provider of website, software and data solutions, announced that its application to list the company's common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market has been approved.

Milwaukee-based Roundy's Inc. has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Roundy's Supermarkets Inc., intends to offer, subject to market and other customary conditions, $200 million in aggregate principal amount of senior secured second lien notes due 2020.