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Milwaukee-based investment bank Grace Matthews Inc. recently advised BMMC Holdings LLC in an investment transaction related to Compass Chemical International LLC.

Brookfield-based Fiserv Inc., which offers technology solutions for financial institutions, has announced a new mobile product tailored to business banking users, called Mobiliti Business.

Brookfield-based public accounting and business advisory firm Vrakas/Blum S.C. has added Sandy McGee as its first full-time chief operating officer.

Expansion of health insurance coverage does not equal access, according to Froedtert Health president and chief executive officer Cathy Jacobson.

From your alarm clock to your treadmill and from your car to your lawnmower, there is a good chance Exacto Spring Corp. played a role in it.

I’ll admit it. The title of this article might seem a bit provocative. After all, using leverage to impose your will on people close to you isn’t something that most people would consider, is it? Please bear with me, though, and I think you’ll see that the title does a pretty good job of tying this discussion to that from my previous “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” column in which the use of leverage in supply management was analyzed.

Gov. Scott Walker signed the right-to-work bill on March 9 at water meter manufacturer Badger Meter Inc.'s Brown Deer headquarters.

Among the world’s most ethical companies are a handful of companies anchored in southeastern Wisconsin.

Milwaukee-based Douglas Dynamics Inc. reported fourth quarter net income of $13 million, or 58 cents per share, up from $8.4 million, or 38 cents per share, in the fourth quarter of 2013.

Menomonee Falls-based Magnetek Inc. reported a fourth quarter net loss of $33.8 million, compared with net income of $373,000 in the fourth quarter of 2013.