Economic Development

Erik Buell Racing LLC of East Troy will receive $20 million in new investments that will help the company expand production of EBR brand sport motorcycles and create about 200 new jobs.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reports in its latest “Beige Book” that the economic conditions in the Seventh District, which includes Wisconsin and most of the upper Midwest, continue to improve, although the pace of growth has slowed.

ManpowerGroup, a Milwaukee-based leader in innovative workforce solutions, announced it has successfully completed its acquisition of the remaining 26 percent stake in Kolkata, India-based Web Development Company Limited (WDC), a leading IT services and professional resourcing company offering consulting, development and application support services to several large clients in India and across the Asia Pacific region.

Brown Deer-based Bank Mutual Corp. reported second quarter net income of $1.3 million, or 3 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $51.4 million or $1.12 per share, in the same period a year ago.

Kurt Reindl has been named senior vice president, strategic planning manager at Associated Bank in Milwaukee. He is responsible...

Waukesha State Bank has named Jessica Nowak bank manager at its Silvernail Road office in Pewaukee. Tom Lange will...

Wisconsin’s loss of 13,200 jobs in June was the largest in the nation, according to data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The number of private sector jobs in Wisconsin fell in June by 11,700 and the state’s unemployment rate climbed to 7.0 percent from 6.8 percent in May, according to the latest seasonally adjusted data released today by the Department of Workforce Development.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reports in its latest “Beige Book” that the economic conditions in the Seventh District, which includes Wisconsin and most of the upper Midwest, continue to improve, although the pace of growth has slowed.

ManpowerGroup and Competitive Wisconsin Inc. (CWI) are partnering to help Wisconsin's business, government and academic leaders address the state's short-term skills gap and its longer-term need to build a sustainable and globally competitive talent pool that empowers workers and meets employers' needs.