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​BuySeasons honored for hiring practices
New Berlin costume and party retailer BuySeasons Inc. has received a Commitment to a Diverse Workforce Award from the Wisconsin Seasonal Workforce Coalition.
Waukesha, Milwaukee spar over water service
The City of Milwaukee and the City of Waukesha continue to trade jabs in the debate over negotiating a water contract.
Boerst to lead operations at Novo Group
Jennifer Boerst has been promoted to COO of Milwaukee-based staffing company The Novo Group.
State home sales up 19 percent in May
Home sales in Wisconsin increased 18.9 percent in May, compared to May of 2011, according to the Wisconsin Realtors Association. In southeastern Wisconsin, home sales were up 21 percent.
Sale of low priced homes dips in metro area
The share of homes sold for under $100,000 in the four-county metro Milwaukee area dropped 19 percent in May, according to the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors (GMAR).
Quarterly earnings dip for ARI Network
ARI Network Services, a Milwaukee-based provider of software of solutions that connect consumers, dealers, distributors, and manufacturers in selected vertical markets, reported fiscal third quarter net income of $210,000, or 3 cents per share, down from $541,000, or 7 cents per share in the same quarter a year ago.
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Ill. plastic molder acquires Frabill
Plano Molding Company of Plano, Ill. has acquired Frabill Inc. of Jackson. Corporate Financial Advisors of Milwaukee represented Frabill in the transaction.
QPS acquires another Iowa staffing company
Brookfield-based QPS Employment Group, an employment services firm, has acquired Cambridge TEMPositions Inc., a recruiting firm based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Baker Tilly subsidiary sells Nature’s Protein Inc.
The Milwaukee office of Baker Tilly Capital, LLC, a mergers and acquisitions advisory firm and subsidiary of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP, has completed the sale of Milwaukee-based Nature's Protein Inc. to J. Strickland Company of Olive Branch, Miss.
ZBB launches another public offering
Menomonee Falls-based ZBB Energy Corp., a developer of intelligent, renewable energy power platforms, announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 31.6 million shares of its common stock at a price to the public of 38 cents per share.