Ideas

What is your company’s competitive advantage? I’ll venture to say that most CEOs I know would probably answer that question with phrases that include, “customer service,” “quality products,” “our competent people” or “our strong corporate brand.”

Seattle-based Zillow predicts that home values for the metro Milwaukee housing market will rise 1.9 percent this year.
That is below Zillow’s 3.2 percent expected growth rate for the national housing market.

The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that members of Local 1343 in South Milwaukee rejected a proposed six-year labor agreement with Caterpillar Inc. and that the union will resume negotiations with the company for a new contract.

The cacophony regarding a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks is swelling. One side says the taxpayer needs to belly up again like we did with Miller Park. Just let the 0.1% stadium district sales tax ride after it expires in 2017. No one even notices this insidious little tax, the logic goes.

Chicago-based accounting, tax and advisory firm Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP will merge with New York-based Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP on June 1.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based FIS notified the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development that it will close its facility at 1515 N. Rivercenter Drive in Milwaukee and lay off about 301 employees.

Irvine, Calif.-based CoreLogic, a residential property information, analytics and services provider, announced the acquisition of Case-Shiller from Brookfield-based Fiserv Inc.

The U.S. gross domestic product grew at a 2.5 percent rate in the first quarter, up from 0.4 percent in the previous quarter, as consumer spending surged.

BizTimes Media LLC is accepting registrations for business executives to attend the 2013 BizExpo, the largest business-to-business conference in the state.

Summit Credit Union will host a Free Homebuyers Seminar on Wednesday, May 1, from 6 to 8 p.m. at...