Economic Development
Advanced Waste Services acquires Iowa company
West Allis-based Advanced Waste Services Inc. announced that it has acquired the assets of Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Waste Water Systems LLC.
Australian company acquires Milwaukee recipe search engine
Food advertising network Gourmet Ads of Australia announced it has acquired RecipeBridge, a Milwaukee-based recipe search engine, for an undisclosed sum.
Financial resources
Banking Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions Federal Deposit Insurance Corp....
New hires and promotions
Alex Kramer, CFP, has been hired as senior vice president of wealth management sales at Johnson Bank. He has...
Milwaukee private equity firm acquires Lannon pallet recycler
Blackthorne Partners Ltd., a Milwaukee-based private equity firm, announced today that it recently acquired the assets of Lannon-based JPRS New Way, a pallet recycling company.
Chortek & Gottschalk acquires DC accounting firm
Pewaukee-based accounting firm Chortek & Gottschalk LLP has acquired Washington-based accounting firm Martin & Wall.
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Journal Communications board approves stock repurchase plan
Journal Communications Inc. announced that its board of directors has authorized a share repurchase program of up to $45 million of its outstanding class A common stock and/or class B common stock until the end of fiscal 2013.
Wisconsin CEOs signed request to raise debt ceiling
Congressional Republicans did an about-face Tuesday and agreed to allow President Barack Obama to raise the national debt ceiling after receiving an urgent request to do so from 474 corporate executives, including several from Wisconsin.
Jobless claims fall nationally, but rise in Wisconsin
New applications for unemployment benefits fell nationally last week to the lowest level in three months, but rose in Wisconsin.
Lee Enterprises stock dips below $1 minimum
Lee Enterprises Inc., the Davenport, Iowa-based parent company of the Wisconsin State Journal, the Capital Times and the Racine Journal Times in Wisconsin, has been notified by the New York Stock Exchange that its 30-trading-day average share price has fallen below the $1 minimum standard and will need to cure the deficiency within six months for continued listing.