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Green Bay, Wis.-based Associated Banc-Corp. is consolidating its Chicago operations into one larger office in the West Loop from four other buildings in the market.

The state is now projected to have nearly $1.7 billion in extra revenue to assemble the next two-year budget.

Greenville, Wis.-based School Specialty Inc. announced a plan to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and sell its assets to an affiliate of Bayside Capital Inc.

Baird Private Equity, the direct private investment arm of Milwaukee-based Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc., has unveiled an updated strategic brand that includes the new name of Baird Capital.

The preferred stock and subordinated debt positions of Waukesha-based bank holding company Waukesha Bankshares Inc. are being auctioned today as part of the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program’s Capital Purchase Program.

Harley-Davidson Motor Co. was honored as the Menomonee Falls Chamber of Commerce Inc. Business of the Year at the organization's annual banquet on Thursday, Jan., 24, at Davians Banquet and Conference Center.

Lower demand from customers in the pressure pumping sector of the North American oil and gas industries put a dent in the second quarter profits for Racine-based Twin Disc Inc.

Wauwatosa-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. reported that its fiscal second quarter net sales increased 2 percent to $439.1 million.

Exhibit Systems has moved from Menomonee Falls to a larger production and office facility in Brookfield.

Briggs & Stratton Corp. chairman, president and chief executive officer Todd Teske was re-elected chairman of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, the state's chamber of commerce and largest business association, in a vote of the WMC Board.