Ideas

Will Allen, CEO of Milwaukee-based urban farming nonprofit Growing Power, was a guest on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report on June 12.

The Real Estate Spotlight column in the latest edition of the BizTimes Milwaukee magazine takes a look at positive signs for the residential housing market in the metro Milwaukee area.

Many businesses would love to get involved and raise money for a favorite charity. They just don’t have a clue about how to go about it.

Business is good for Wisconsin. Wisconsin is good for business. That’s the message Wisconsin’s economic development partners are conveying to businesses in the state and the nation through an advertising campaign targeting business leaders. We want to let the business world know that we are ready with bold ideas, leadership and resources to support business and job creation.

Pewaukee financial advisory firm Ellenbecker Investment Group has launched a Money Sense Smartphone app, making it one of the first financial planning and consulting firms to do so.

Metropolitan Milwaukee is the top-ranked metro market in the nation for hiring prospects in the next three months, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey released today.

Racine-based Johnson Bank has hired and promoted several employees.

William D. Goodman, CPA, president of Schenck SC in Brookfield, has received a Distinguished Career Award from the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Modest gains were posted in metro area economic indicators for April as 12 of 23 monthly indicators tracked by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) improved from year-ago levels.

The board of directors of Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation Inc. authorized the company to expend up to an additional $1 billion to repurchase shares of the company's common stock.