Economic Development

Brooke Infusino will join the Kenosha Area Business Alliance (KABA) on Oct. 29 as its director of talent development.

Milwaukee based ManpowerGroup reported third quarter net earnings of $63.1 million, or 79 cents per share, down from $79.6 million, or 97 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

The shakeup of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. (WEDC) continued today, with Gov. Scott Walker demanding changes in oversight of the agency.

Wisconsin's skills gap has been well-documented.

Recent federal findings criticizing the lack of openness in Wisconsin’s distribution of federal economic development funds highlights the need for a serious effort by state leaders to ensure these subsidy programs are transparent and accountable. A new WISPIRG Foundation report has found that Wisconsin taxpayers have access to almost no information about the outcomes from the millions of dollars invested in economic development subsidies from the past four years. The report, “Leaving Taxpayers in the Dark: The Urgent Need to Improve Transparency and Accountability in Wisconsin’s Economic Development Subsidy Programs,” finds that online transparency has gotten worse despite promises from state leaders to enhance transparency and accountability in these programs.

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) recognized minority and women-owned Wisconsin companies for their achievements at this year's Governor's Conference on Minority Business Development in Milwaukee.

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) recognized minority and women-owned Wisconsin companies for their achievements at this year’s Governor’s Conference on Minority Business Development in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation Inc. announced it has completed the acquisition of the medium voltage drives business of Harbin Jiuzhou Electric Co. Ltd.

Continental Surveying Services LLC has acquired Elder Engineering in a transaction that merges the two Richfield-based companies.

Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Vertis Holdings Inc., a Baltimore, Md.-based company that has filed for bankruptcy, for $258.5 million.