Ideas

Marlene Doerr Kreilkamp, founder and executive director of Milwaukee-based SHARP Literacy has announced her retirement.

Editor’s note: Stephen Sandherr, chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, issued the following statement in...

The state of Wisconsin gained nearly 20,000 jobs in 2011, according to data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Associated Press reported. The jobs numbers are in line with the state’s recent estimates.

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside today announced the appoint of four key executives to its leadership.

Recently, Dan Isenberg from Babson College visited Milwaukee and spoke to the Greater Milwaukee Committee's membership group and to an audience of entrepreneurs at OPEN MiKE. He said that the only ideas worth pursuing are the ones which one person, if not many, thinks are worthless. His point was that the best ideas aren't easily grasped; they require visionary thinking and, ultimately, a leap of faith.

If Congress stays as cocked up as it been in the recent past, high earners in states like Wisconsin and Minnesota could achieve the dubious distinction of paying more than half of their incomes to state and federal government in 2013.

BMO Harris Bank will close 24 branches, including 17 in Wisconsin, as part of its post-acquisition consolidation efforts.

Eagle Capital Growth Fund Inc. and its investment advisor, Sims Capital Management, have moved.

Milwaukee-based Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. announced that its Public Finance business has added five bankers and opened three new offices in Texas, expanding the firm's presence in the state.

The Fisher-Barton Group of Waukesha has acquired Lund Precision Products Ltd., Ireland, from Lund Precision Group.