Economic Development

If history is a reliable predictor of the future, 2012 should be a strong year for the U.S. stock market.

Milwaukee-area businesses see continued growth in 2012, according to the new Business Outlook Survey conducted by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC).

A wide swath of surveys and data collected by BizTimes is pointing toward a formidable economic recovery in southeastern Wisconsin in 2012, but that bullish forecast comes with an asterisk.

Professor Mark Eppli, Ph.D., of Marquette University, has been appointed to be an independent director at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago.

Milwaukee-based Sensient Technologies Corp. has begun the next phase of a series of investments to improve the infrastructure of its United Kingdom flavor facilities.

The Milwaukee area’s economic recovery picked up some speed in November, according to the latest monthly report compiled by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC).

Home sales jumped 21.6 percent in December in the four-county metropolitan Milwaukee area, marking the sixth consecutive month of sales increasing by double-digits, according to the latest monthly report by the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors (GMAR).

Associated Banc-Corp announced that vice chairman Mark McMullen will retire from the company, effective Feb. 10.

A recent survey by the Wisconsin Bankers Association shows a quarter of bank leaders surveyed plan to hire new employees in the next six months.