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Waukesha State Bank announced that its board of directors promoted Paula Brierton to president of its payroll services division, Payroll Complete.

Tribune Co. has reached an agreement to acquire 19 television stations, including WITI-TV (Channel 6) in Milwaukee, from Local TV Holdings LLC for $2.7 billion in cash.

Neenah-based Bemis Company Inc. announced that it has acquired all of the common stock of Foshan New Changsheng Plastics Films Co. LTD (NCS), a specialty film manufacturer located in Foshan, China.

Johnson Bank has named JoAnne C. Marks assistant vice president-senior mortgage loan officer for the Milwaukee region. Marks has...

PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP has named Raymond Wilson its new managing partner for the Milwaukee office. He replaces Tim Donnelly in supervising the firm’s Wisconsin assurance, tax and advisory operations.

Erik Buell has sold a 49.2-percent stake in his East Troy company, Erik Buell Racing LLC, to Hero MotoCorp Ltd. of New Delhi, India.

The Milwaukee area manufacturing industry started growing again in June, following two months of contraction, according to the latest report from the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

Paul Jones, executive chairman of Milwaukee-based A. O. Smith Corp., has been named an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year in the Midwest.

Cardinal Stritch University announced today a plan, approved by its Board of Trustees, to “reengineer” the institution to better allocate resources and realign the school to meet the changing needs of 21st century learners, according to university president James Loftus, Ph.D.

Peoria, Ill.-based Caterpillar Inc. plans to acquire Johan Walter Berg AB, a marine control and propulsion manufacturer based in Ockero Islands, Sweden.