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Milwaukee-based Marcus Restaurant Group, a division of Marcus Corp.'s Marcus Hotels & Resorts, has acquired Milwaukee's famed Safe House Restaurant and Bar.

Menomonee Falls-based Actuant Corp. reported third quarter net income of $38 million, or 63 cents per share, down from $50.1 million, or 70 cents per share, in the third quarter of 2014.

Milwaukee-based motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson Inc. announced its board has authorized the company to take on $750 million in long-term debt to repurchase up to 15 million shares of its stock.

Milwaukee private equity firm Mason Wells announced it has acquired Minneapolis-based Advanced Web Technologies LLC.

Senior portfolio manager Ashok Bhatia, CFA, has been added to the Wells Fargo Advantage Multi-Sector Income Fund. Bhatia is...

Tom Deisinger has been named senior vice president-Private Banking at Racine-based Johnson Bank.

Brookfield-based Fiserv Inc. has added milling and embedding to its debit and credit card production capabilities in response to growing demand for EMV chip cards.

New Berlin-based Felss Rotaform LLC is preparing for its third expansion in 10 years.

North American manufacturing has suffered a tough few months, but not all sectors are struggling. U.S. automaker Ford is cutting short the traditional two-week summer break to boost production amid outsized demand for its newest trucks and SUVs.

Chicago-based Pizano’s Pizza and Pasta, which plans to open a restaurant in downtown Milwaukee, wants to open a factory to produce frozen pizza products in an existing building at 9725 S. 54th St. in Franklin.