Economic Development

Residents of northeastern Illinois, northwestern Indiana and southeastern Wisconsin overwhelmingly support cooperation among leaders when it comes to economic development, according to a new Marquette Law School Poll.

The Racine County Economic Development Corporation announced that a German hand tool manufacturer is locating a regional sales and service facility into the Town of Yorkville's Grandview Business Park.

The Milwaukee Institute, a nonprofit computational research center, will add to its computing offerings and facilitate more training courses with a $750,000 grant it has received from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

Multiple signs are pointing to an increasing pace of growth for the American economy in the second half of 2015.

“Companies continue to stretch their people beyond what is reasonable and quite frankly, sustainable. Companies are still doing more...

Milwaukee-based First Edge Solutions has filed a petition in Milwaukee County Circuit Court for chapter 128 receivership.

Many Americans are staying in the workforce past their normal retirement age. According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, more than 30 percent of individuals between the ages of 70 and 74 reported income from earnings in 2010 (the latest year data is available). Among those ages 65 to 69, nearly 49 percent reported employment income.

One of the enduring gripes about Wisconsin's startup and scale-up climate has been the lack of enough angel and venture capital.

U.S. Bank, the fifth largest bank in the U.S., has added to its services the Biller Advantage product offered by Brookfield-based Fiserv Inc.

Milwaukee-based ARI Network Services Inc. today announced that it has acquired Des Moines, Iowa-based Direct Communications Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.