Ideas

Communication is key in any business, but essential conversations in family businesses often have the potential to go unaddressed.  Whether...

A quick glance at the latest numbers for commercial and industrial lending by Wisconsin banks and it would be easy to think the Wisconsin business community is pulling back on making investments, preparing for a recession and had lost all confidence.

Milwaukee-based company Rapid Radicals is the grand prize winner of this year’s Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. Rapid Radicals has developed...

A six-bedroom home on the shores of Oconomowoc Lake has been sold for $6.7 million.

Stephanie Hoskins, the co-founder of cloud-based software company Debtle, has been hired by Lakeland University as the inaugural Herbert V. Kohler, Jr. Chair for Business & Entrepreneurship to lead Jake’s, A Lakeland Community.

The deadline to submit applications for the Future 50 awards program has been extended to Friday, June 3.

Milwaukee-based private equity firm Borgman Capital announced this week its acquisition of Blue Mounds, Wisconsin-based Dairyfood USA, Inc.

With no discussion, the Milwaukee Common Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a framework agreement for hosting the Republican National Convention, if the city is chosen for the event.

The riverfront restaurant that Benson’s Restaurant Group will open in the R1VER development in Milwaukee’s Harbor District will be called The Bridgewater Modern Grill and will open this fall, according to an announcement Tuesday.

Fred Sitzberger, an alumnus of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Lubar School of Business, has pledged $1 million to the UWM Foundation in support of UWM athletics.