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Milwaukee-based manufacturer Brady Corp. has sold its Varitronics LLC division to Minnesota private equity firm Renaissance Equity Partners. Milwaukee investment banking firm Emory & Co. advised Brady in the transaction.

The U.S. economy is showing positive signs of continued recovery with a variety of sectors witnessing significant growth, according to BMO Private Bank’s December Outlook for Financial Markets Report.

Last year my husband and I enrolled in a philosophy course at St. Petersburg College. Though there was quite an age gap between our classmates and us. It was a captivating and most enjoyable experience.

“An optimist expects his dreams to come true; a pessimist expects his nightmares to.” — J.P....

I recently sat down with Kay Yuspeh, the owner of the Elite Sports Clubs, whose license plate reads the “Q of Clubs” (Queen of Clubs) to discuss the challenges involved in bringing their recent acquisition of Le Club into their corporate culture.

The sheriff rode into town the other day to speak to a combined meeting of my three TEC groups.

After 26 years as one of the prominent voices and leaders in the Wisconsin business community through his work as the senior vice president of government relations at the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), James Buchen will leave the organization to establish a new, independent public affairs firm.

Waukesha-based Generac Holdings Inc. announced it plans to acquire Latin American generator manufacturer Ottomotores UK Ltd. for $46.5 million.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will be the keynote speaker at a Workforce Development Program to be presented by the Waukesha County Business Alliance on Wednesday, Dec. 12.

Cudahy-based Lucas-Milhaupt Inc., a subsidiary of Handy & Harman Ltd., announced it has acquired Inmet Metal Processing Plant Ltd. of Gliwice, Poland.