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Milwaukee-based Potawatomi Business Development Corp. has named Tom Devine chief executive officer.

If you're like most executives I know these days, you're spending way too much time working IN your business, rather than working ON your business.

The number of home sold in the four-county metro Milwaukee area were down 9.9 percent in April to 1,420 compared to 1,576 in April of 2013, according to the latest report from the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors.

If you're like most executives I know these days, you're spending way too much time working IN your business, rather than working ON your business.

The past is defined by the rise and fall of great metropolises. Rising like Berlin, Atlanta, Shanghai; falling like Rio, Detroit, and Athens. The future will be less lenient on those regions that fail to plan, act and commit to economic development strategies.

Milwaukee-based Roundy's, Inc. has sold 18 of its Rainbow stores to a group of local grocery retailers for $65 million in cash, plus inventory proceeds.

Industry experts discussed the outlook for the mergers and acquisitions market in southeastern Wisconsin and provided tips to business owners considering a sale at the 2014 M&A Forum presented by BizTimes Media.

San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Co. will provide $5.15 million for an initiative that aims to increase homeownership and strengthen neighborhoods in the City of Milwaukee's low- and moderate-income areas.

Snyder's-Lance Inc. will pay $195 million to acquire Franklin-based Baptista's Bakery, the company said last week in its quarterly earnings conference call.

Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin Inc. reported first quarter net income of $1.9 million, or 21 cents per share, up from a net loss of $14 million, or 66 cents per share, in the first quarter of 2013.