Banking & Finance

“The Stock Market of 2013” will be the subject of a Milwaukee Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon to take place on Wednesday, May 1, from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Small business owners are split on the state of the economy, according to the 2013 U.S. Bank Small Business Annual Survey.

If the state had a checklist for spring cleaning, income taxes would be on it. No one benefits from complex laws that burden individuals, small businesses, and tax collectors alike.

Jacsten Holdings LLC, a Milwaukee-based family investment firm, today announced an investment in Hartford-based Triton Corp., the latest addition to Jacsten’s portfolio.

Associated Banc-Corp reported first quarter net income of $46 million, or 27 cents per share, up from $41 million, or 24 cents per share, in the same quarter a year ago.

Briggs & Stratton Corp. today reported fiscal third quarter net income of $38.5 million, or 78 cents per share, down from $39.9 million, or 80 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Brown Deer-based Bank Mutual Corp. today reported first quarter net income was $2.5 million, up 120 percent from $1.2 million the same quarter a year ago.

The PNC Financial Services Group Inc., the Pittsburgh-based parent company of PNC Bank, reported first quarter net income of $1.0 billion, or $1.76 per share, compared with $811 million, or $1.44 per share, in the same period a year ago.

ZBB Energy Corp., a Menomonee Falls-based developer of renewable energy power platforms and hybrid vehicle control systems, announced today that Export-Import Bank of the United States will guarantee working capital loans to be made by InvestorsBank of Waukesha to finance the export of ZBB's energy power control and storage systems.

Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. announced it will present the Baird Community Involved Player of the Year Award to Brandon Jennings, point guard with the Milwaukee Bucks.