Banking & Finance

Oak Creek-based Master Lock Co. LLC has acquired Sentry Safe, a personal safe and protective security container manufacturer, for $117.5 million.

Wauwatosa-based Waterstone Financial Inc. reported second quarter net income of $3.8 million, or 11 cents per share, down from $4.9 million, or 14 cents per share, in the second quarter of 2013.

Vesta, a Franklin-based contract manufacturer for the global medical device industry, has been acquired by Wickliffe, Ohio-based The Lubrizol Corp., a Berkshire Hathaway company.

Hartland-based RC Insurance Services Inc. and Hartland-based Group Health Planning Inc. have merged, effective Aug. 1.

Jody Filo has been promoted to vice president-compliance officer at Cornerstone Community Bank. She has worked at Cornerstone for...

Milwaukee-based Douglas Dynamics Inc. today reported second quarter net income of $14.6 million, or 64 cents per share, up sharply from $5.9 million, or 26 cents per share, in the second quarter of 2013.

Oak Creek-based Master Lock Co. LLC has acquired Sentry Safe, a personal safe and protective security container manufacturer, for $117.5 million.

Milwaukee-based Sensient Technologies Corp. today announced that Dick Hobbs, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will retire in February 2015. He will be replaced by Stephen Rolfs, who currently serves as senior vice president, administration.

There are plenty of underlying factors in the breakup and merger of Journal Communications that won't make its news reports.