Economic Development

Madison-based American Family Insurance announced it has reached agreement to acquire direct homeowners insurer Homesite Group Inc.

On Aug. 13, three members of the Wisconsin legislature held a news conference to announce that they planned to introduce new legislation that would permit equity crowdfunding in Wisconsin.

Scott Fischer has joined The Marcus Corporation as director of tax. He has 17 years of experience with federal...

Waukesha-based staffing firm Core Business Solutions LLC has acquired Milwaukee-based boutique search firm Beal Associates.

BMO Harris Bank has joined the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce, as its first platinum founding member.

Hanna Cylinders, a manufacturer of industrial grade tie-rod and custom engineered cylinders, plans to move all of its operations from Libertyville, Ill. to Pleasant Prairie, the Kenosha Area Business Alliance (KABA) announced.

I was recently reminded of the value of manufacturing. A couple weeks ago, I spent some time in Mexico, observing our excellent operations there. Later, I was a speaker at Walmart's summit on American manufacturing. There, we announced an initiative to increase our lighting share at Walmart and create new manufacturing jobs in the U.S.

The U.S. economy added a modest 169,000 new jobs in August, and the national unemployment rate fell to 7.3 percent from 7.4 percent, according to the latest report issued today by the U.S. Department of Labor.

The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) has rolled out its new Refi Advantage program, which offers refinancing loans to borrowers whose loans are owned or serviced by WHEDA.

With the global demand for mining continuing to decline and its stock trading near its 52-week low, the board of directors of Milwaukee-based Joy Global Inc. has authorized the company to repurchase up to $1.0 billion in shares of common stock over the next 36 months.