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The strong pace of existing home sales in Wisconsin continued in April, with 10 straight months of double-digit sales growth, according to the latest report by the Wisconsin Realtors Association (WRA).

The precarious futures of the Bradley Center and the Milwaukee Bucks have been the focus of many public conversations in recent weeks, and deservedly so.

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.

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.

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.

Branden Boerner has been promoted to office president for the Elkhart Lake office at Sheboygan-based Community Bank & Trust.

PS Capital Partners LLC has moved its offices to 758 N. Broadway, Suite 910, Milwaukee.

Pewaukee-based Waterstone Mortgage Corp. hosted its first-ever national mortgage processors conference from May 6 to 8 at the Milwaukee Hilton.

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans will hold its annual member meeting at Miller Park on Tuesday, May 29 from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Associated Banc-Corp announced the appointment of James Yee to the role of executive vice president, chief information and operations officer.