Economic Development

Milwaukee-based Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. has hired Sean Dilweg as senior vice president-government relations. In the newly created position,...

Ardmore, Penn.-based national plumbing, heating and industrial supply company Hajoca Corp. has acquired Racine-based online plumbing fixture retailer eImprovement.com.

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago has awarded $2.2 million in grants to BMO Harris Bank to fund six affordable housing projects in Wisconsin through the Affordable Housing Project program.

Wells Fargo has granted $100,000 to Milwaukee-based The Water Council through its Clean Technology and Innovation program, which targets innovative clean energy technologies.

U.S. employers added a seasonally adjusted 252,000 jobs to their payrolls in December, bringing the number of months with at least 200,000 jobs added to 11 for the year, the best streak in such data since 1994.

BizTimes Media LLC will host the annual Northern Trust Economic Trends Breakfast on Thursday, Jan. 29, at the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward.

Business activity indicators in the metro area posted strong results in November as 19 of 22 available indicators registered improvement over year-ago levels, according to the latest monthly report by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC).

Reed Hall will be reappointed by Gov. Scott Walker as secretary and chief executive officer of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.

The League of Wisconsin Municipalities is proposing a better way to fund local roads in the state.