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The BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation has announced that former Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions Secretary Lorrie Heinemann will join the foundation as vice president.

Watertstone Financial Inc., the holding company for Wauwatosa-based WaterStone Banks SSB, announced it is commencing a stock offering in connection with the company's previously announced plans to become a fully public company.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 16,000 points for the first time in trading yesterday, and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose above 1.800 points.

Summit Credit Union will host Mindful Spending on Thursday, November 21, from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Greenfield...

Milwaukee and Madison-based BankMyBiz.com has been selected to display its lending website in the Startup Spotlight at the South By Southwest 2014 conference in Austin, Texas from March 7 to 11.

Coca-Cola has announced a $30 million investment and expansion of its bottling plant in Milwaukee at 11800 W. Brown Deer Road.

“They get bids for everything and always take the lowest bid.”
“They send out an RFP and I can never speak to the decision maker.”
“We’re becoming a commodity. All they do is take the lowest bid.”
“It’s the government. They have to take the lowest bid.”

Food and beverage companies are feeling more confident about the coming year’s performance, according to the Grant Thornton 2013 Global Food and Beverage study.

Milwaukee private equity firm Mason Wells Buyout Fund III L.P. has agreed to acquire the rigid medical packaging division of Sealed Air Corp. for $125 million.

Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation Corp. announced it has agreed to purchase Erlanger, Ky.-based Jacobs Automation, a provider of intelligent track motion control technology.