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Jump Start on the Weekend
Friday, Aug. 17, the Milwaukee Art Museum will host its monthly MAM After Dark from 5 p.m. to...
Bubbler Calendar
Thursday, Aug. 16, a Health Care Reform Roundtable presented by Independent Insurance Agent, the National Federation of Independent...
Drought takes toll on Briggs & Stratton
Milwaukee-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. reported a fiscal fourth quarter net loss of $8.4 million, or 18 cents per share, which was an improvement over a net loss of $17.8 million, or 36 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.
Kohl’s earnings dip
Kohl's Corp. reported second quarter net income of $240 million, or $1.00 per share, down from $299 million, or $1.08 per share, in the same period a year ago.
IMS earnings grow
New Berlin-based International Monetary Systems Ltd. reported second quarter net income of $98,647, up from $77,196 in the same period a year ago.
Rockwell acquires Chinese manufacturer
Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation Inc. announced it has agreed to purchase the assets of the medium voltage drives business of Harbin Jiuzhou Electric Co. Ltd. of China for $83 million.
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Wisconsin credit unions are thriving
Wisconsin credit unions grew net income by 83 percent in the first six months of 2012, compared with the same period last year, according to data compiled by the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI).
BMO Harris Equipment Finance expands to Houston
Milwaukee-based BMO Harris Equipment Finance Co. announced it has hired Jennifer Stamps to expand the company's equipment finance footprint to Houston, Texas.
Journal Communications buys back Class C stock shares
Milwaukee-based Journal Communications Inc. has acquired all of the 3.3 million outstanding shares of its Class C common stock (4.5 million shares on a Class A-equivalent basis), all of which were owned by members and successors of the Grant Family.
Civil discourse is a faint memory
When newly named Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan attempted to make his first stump speech on the “soapbox” at the Iowa State Fair Monday, he was greeted by a small chorus of hooligans who shouted at him the entire speech.