Economic Development

Milwaukee-based investment advisory and financial planning firm McCarthy Grittinger Financial Group LLC has named two new partners: Matthew Miler CPA, CFP and Jacqueline Schneider, CFP.

Waukesha-based Prairie Financial Group, a division of Waukesha State Bank, has added three new senior wealth managers.

Milwaukee-based wealth management firm Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. has partnered with the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Wisconsin School of Business to fill an expected talent gap in its industry.

The spending associated with same-sex marriages in Wisconsin is predicted to generate $34.4 million in economic impact over the first three years, according to a study by the Williams Institute, a national think tank based at UCLA School of Law.

Ryan Murray, deputy secretary and chief operating officer of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, has announced his resignation from the organization.

Pewaukee-based M&M Office Interiors has acquired Middleton-based Paragon Business Furniture Group.

Eurofins Scientific, a world leader in analytical support to the global food market, has announced its pending acquisition of SF Analytical Laboratories in New Berlin.

BMO Harris Bank is making an additional $3 billion in credit available to business owners in Wisconsin over the next three years.

BMO Harris Bank has added a $750,000 donation to its support of United Way of Greater Milwaukee's fight against infant mortality in Milwaukee.

Oak Creek-based SteelWind Industries Inc., a steel fabrication company, announced the acquisition of Universal Industries LLC, a fabrication and machine shop located Tomahawk, and Hall Steel Co. in Milwaukee.