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Associated Banc-Corp adds Yee to executive suite
Associated Banc-Corp announced the appointment of James Yee to the role of executive vice president, chief information and operations officer.
Profits dip at Brady Corp.
Milwaukee-based Brady Corp. reported fiscal third quarter net income of $27.7 million, or 52 cents per share, down from $28.6 million, or 54 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.
Appleton Papers to merge with Dallas firm
Appleton Papers Inc. and Hicks Acquisition Company II Inc. announced a definitive agreement under which Appleton will engage in a business combination with Hicks in a transaction valued at $675 million.
Eaton Corp. acquires Cooper Industries
Eaton Corp., a diversified power management company based in Cleveland, has acquired Dublin, Ireland-based Cooper Industries, the parent company of Cooper Power Systems in Waukesha.
MGIC files lawsuit in pool insurance dispute
MGIC Investment Corp. announced that its Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp. subsidiary has filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court in Milwaukee against Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Finance Administration (Freddie Mac's conservator) regarding the pool insurance dispute between MGIC and Freddie Mac.
Why are controversial jobs numbers so moldy?
Jim Spaeth, one of Serigraph's accountants, brought our quarterly report for unemployment insurance (UI) to my office Monday, and he showed me he had filed our first quarter report with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) on April 26, four days before the end-of-month deadline of April 30.
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BMO Harris buys Bradley Center naming rights
Milwaukee's Bradley Center has been renamed the BMO Harris Bradley Center after the bank made an undisclosed investment in the future of the building.
Xten acquires Ill. plastic molder
Kenosha plastic injection molder Xten Industries has acquired the assets of Paramount Plastics LLC in Lockport, Ill.
Associated Bank receives Ag honor
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded Associated Bank a Certificate of Achievement for assisting the department and the Rural Development Guaranteed Rural Housing Program in 2011.
Milwaukee Matters
Editor's note: The following is a joint statement from seven members of the Milwaukee Common Council.