Economic Development
Banks increase small business lending
Wisconsin banks who received capital through the Small Business Lending Fund have increased small business lending by $45.3 million since 2010, according to a report from the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
WellPoint to acquire Amerigroup Corp.
WellPoint Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Amerigroup Corp., one of the nation's leading managed care companies that is focused on meeting the health care needs of financially vulnerable Americans.
CliftonLarsonAllen acquires Minnesota co-op
CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) announced the acquisition of the tax and accounting business segments of AgStar Financial Services.
MMAC members forecast more growth
Milwaukee-area businesses see continued growth in the third quarter, according to the latest Business Outlook Survey conducted by the...
Employers more bullish after recall election
Southeastern Wisconsin business executives are more optimistic about the direction of their companies in the second half of the year than they were when the year began, according to the latest BizTimes Business Dashboard Survey.
Walker says wages are growing in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) announced today that wages were up 6.7 percent in the first quarter in Wisconsin.
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Unemployment rate stuck at 8.2%
The U.S. economy created just 80,000 jobs in June as hiring slowed dramatically in the second quarter, and the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 8.2 percent, the Labor Department said today.
Work to begin for new road to Oak Creek lakefront
The Oak Creek Common Council on Tuesday approved a contract for design of a project to construct a new street to connect Fifth Avenue with Highway 100.
ADP data points to jobs growth
Private-sector payrolls in the United States picked up in June, suggesting that unemployment may have declined, according to a report released today by payrolls-processor Automatic Data Processing Inc.
S.C. Johnson to acquire Space Bag brand
Racine-based S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. has reached an agreement to acquire ITW's global Space Bag brand and related assets.