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Prioritized LLC, a new boutique advisory management firm in Milwaukee, has launched the first round of the Wisconsin Business Heartbeat, a statewide census survey that will capture ongoing information about how Wisconsin companies stack up in the national and global marketplace.

During 2011, my first year as executive director of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA), a major transformation took place to assist Governor Walker with his ambitious statewide job creation goal.

U.S. Bank increased its Milwaukee-area small business lending by 20 percent in the first quarter, compared to the same period a year ago.

Mitch Grulke has been named bank manager for the Brookfield office of Waukesha State Bank.

Jeff Bowman, president of First American Capital Corp. in West Allis, has been recognized by the Small Business Administration as Minority Small Business Champion for region five.

First Bank Financial Centre has broken ground on its newest branch, which will be on Washington Street in Grafton.

Brookfield-based Fiserv Inc., a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced that U.S. Bank's online banking customers now have access to an iPad banking application (app) built on the Mobiliti Enterprise mobile banking and payments platform from Fiserv.

Waukesha-based CIB Marine Bancshares Inc., the holding company for Milwaukee's Marine Bank, has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to voluntarily deregister its common shares.

Waukesha State Bank has named Mitch Grulke the bank manager of its Brookfield office, located on Capitol Drive just west of Brookfield Road.