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Tim Starr, president and CEO of The Starr GroupAddress: 5005 Loomis Road, GreenfieldWebsite: www.starrgroup.comIndustry: Insurance and risk solutionsEmployees: 34Family:...

Milwaukee Downtown, BID #21, has hired Matt Dorner to serve as its economic development director.

As part of the BizTimes Fittest Execs program, event sponsor Sensia Wellness will host a seminar on health care in the workplace called “A Wake Up Call: Are You Really in Control of Your Corporate Healthcare Costs?”

Manufacturing activity in southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois saw an uptick in growth in September, according to a new report.

The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today that the Milwaukee Water Council will be one of four regional industry innovation clusters to receive new federal funding to fuel growth.

Washington, D.C.-based Cassidy Turley, a commercial real estate services provider whose Milwaukee affiliate is Cassidy Turley Barry, announced that it has entered into an agreement with an affiliate of DTZ Investment Holdings, backed by TPG, PAG Asia Capital and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (the consortium that agreed to acquire DTZ), to sell 100 percent of the equity interests of Cassidy Turley.

Webster Financial Corp., parent company of Webster Bank N.A., has announced a deal to acquire the health savings account business from JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

The Milwaukee Common Council adopted a resolution directing various city departments to evaluate and report on the economic impact to the city of Wisconsin Energy Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Integrys Energy Group so the city can determine whether or not to oppose the transaction.

Wauwatosa-based Advicent Solutions has acquired Figlo, a Rotterdam, Netherlands-based developer of interactive software used for real-time communication between financial advisors and their clients.