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On Thursday, a ceremonial ground breaking event will take place at the Ronald McDonald House in Wauwatosa to commemorate the start of a $10 million construction project that will nearly double the size of the current facility.

Home sales in the Metropolitan Milwaukee market were up 11.3 percent in March, compared to a year earlier. The first quarter registered a 14.1 percent increase compared to the first quarter of 2012, according to the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors (GMAR).

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In a merger of two of Milwaukee’s dynamic marketing agencies, 2-Story Creative has acquired Weiss & Company.

New Berlin-based Home Care Medical Inc. a provider of home medical equipment and supplies; respiratory care; and home infusion and specialized nutrition, announced that it has acquired Sheboygan-based HomeCare Resources LLC.

Westbury Bancorp Inc., the West Bend-based holding company for Westbury Bank, has completed its stock offering in connection with the mutual-to-stock conversion of WBSB Bancorp MHC.

Employee-owned Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. announced it has posted record net revenues of $961 million in 2012, up from $925 million in 2011.

McGladrey LLP, a Chicago-based provider of assurance, tax and consulting services focused on the middle market, has named John LeBlanc as national leader of business performance improvement and merger integration, based in the firm's Milwaukee office.

Milwaukee-based Lakeview Equity Partners LLC has acquired UAS Laboratories Inc., an Edina, Minn.-based pioneer in the research, development and manufacture of probiotic nutritional supplements.

Several local businesses are working with students to improve financial literacy rates.