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The Marcus Corp. today reported a fiscal third quarter operating loss of $224,000, or 5 cents per share, compared with operating income of $4.1 million, or 3 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Allrite Home & Remodeling Inc., a Milwaukee company specializing in siding, roofing, window and gutter replacement, has acquired S&E Insulation in Shorewood.

Jim Meyer has joined Wells Fargo as a senior vice president to lead the bank's commercial banking in southeastern Wisconsin.

The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) and Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) are creating an early-stage venture capital fund focused on information technology.

Johnson Bank announced it has signed a new three-year contract with INVEST Financial Corporation, a full-service broker-dealer specializing in developing innovative financial solutions for advisors and their clients.

Ed Krajcir, president of Sunbelt Midwest in Milwaukee, has been appointed Wisconsin chapter president of Midwest Business Brokers and Intermediaries. He will serve a one-year term.

The Veterans Administration Credit Union plans to merge with Madison-based Summit Credit Union.

Guaranty Bank has moved its headquarters from Brown Deer to Glendale following the January sale of subsidiary Shelter Mortgage LLC to a Chicago private equity firm.

We are entering that time during tax season where we counsel the micro-corporations or individuals that usually just see us at tax time. For clients like these we are more of a service provider than a business consultant. With them, our success is measured by the size of their refund. If they get one, it's a job well done and attributable to our tax skills. If not, there must be something else that can be done.

Indulgence Chocolatiers will move its production operations from its current location in Waukesha to a larger facility in Milwaukee's Walker's Point neighborhood this summer.