Banking & Finance

Brookfield-based North Shore Bank has announced it will receive an increase in the grant per household amounts for the Downpayment Plus and DPP Advantage programs.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s National Activity Index for July showed economic growth remained sluggish in July.

Milwaukee-based Rexnord Corp. has acquired the assets of Micro Precision Gear Technology Ltd., a UK-based specialty precision aerospace gears manufacturer.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia released its July coincident economic indexes for states today, with Wisconsin ranking among the best in the nation for the second consecutive month.

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc., with corporate headquarters in York, Pa., and Milwaukee, today reported a second quarter net loss of $37.3 million, or $1.95 per share, which was an improvement over a net loss of $45 million, or $2.43 per share, in the same period a year ago.

Yahoo! Inc. attracted more U.S. visitors than Google Inc. during July for the first time since May 2011, indicating that turnaround efforts by chief executive officer Marissa Mayer, a Wausau native, are gaining traction.

The U.S. stock market has sputtered this week as analysts speculate that the Federal Reserve Board may be on the verge of tapering its bond-buying program and might even be pondering a slight increase in the core interest rate.

The U.S. stock market has sputtered this week as analysts speculate that the Federal Reserve Board may be on the verge of tapering its bond-buying program and might even be pondering a slight increase in the core interest rate.

Euro Plus, the developer of NiceLabel software, announced it has acquired all of the assets of Brookfield-based Niceware International through its subsidiary NiceLabel Americas Inc.

Minority-owned American banks are more generous with their customers when it comes to interest rates on certificates of deposit, according to a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.