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Johnson Controls reports record quarter
Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc., Wisconsin’s largest publicly traded company, reported record fiscal first quarter earnings and revenues.
UW Credit Union to open West Allis branch
UW Credit Union announced it will open a new branch at 2525 S. 108th St. in West Allis. The location will be UWCU’s fifth Milwaukee branch and its 21st Wisconsin branch.
Northwestern Mutual details health costs
Home health care, assisted living and nursing home care costs remain high across the country, according to a Cost of Long-Term Care study recently conducted by The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Credit unions increased business loans
Wisconsin credit unions have increased small business lending by more than 51 percent since 2007, according to a report by the Wisconsin Credit Union League.
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As fundamentals improve stateside, they deteriorate abroad
Editor’s note: The following observations were culled from the latest U.S. Economic Outlook report by Paul Kasriel, chief economist at Northern Trust Bank in Chicago.
Stocks usually rise in presidential year
If history is a reliable predictor of the future, 2012 should be a strong year for the U.S. stock market.
MMAC members forecast growth for 2012
Milwaukee-area businesses see continued growth in 2012, according to the new Business Outlook Survey conducted by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC).
Recovery with Peril
A wide swath of surveys and data collected by BizTimes is pointing toward a formidable economic recovery in southeastern Wisconsin in 2012, but that bullish forecast comes with an asterisk.
