Banking & Finance

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, the parent company of Budweiser, has indicated to SABMiller, the parent of MillerCoors, that it plans to make an acquisition offer.

West Bend-based Commerce State Bank has announced it will open a new branch in Sheboygan.

Green Bay-based Associated Banc-Corp has named John Utz its Milwaukee market president.

BMO Harris Bank has announced plans to renew its sponsorship of Milwaukee Ballet's “The Nutcracker” for the upcoming holiday season.

Milwaukee-based Brady Corp. today announced a fiscal fourth quarter net loss of $39.4 million, or 77 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $110.4 million, or $1.89 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2014.

The city’s tax rate would go down 5 cents per $1,000 in property value under the $71.76 million proposed 2016 executive budget Mayor Tim Kabat unveiled Thursday.

Dane County's bond rating was upgraded to the highest possible level for the first time since 2010, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi's office announced Thursday.

Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. will sell its federal security integration business to Springfield, Va.-based Versar Inc. The companies had previously been in a joint venture.

Milwaukee-based investment bank Promontory Point Capital has advised Chicago-based circuit board product and service provider Tapco Circuit Supply on the sale of its drill room and lamination products businesses to Taiwanese company TCT Group.

Thrivent Financial announced Wednesday it realigned its organizational structure to better serve Christian communities and spur membership growth.
The company’s members had voted in 2013 to extend the company’s products and services from Lutherans to include a wider Christian membership base.