Banking & Finance

Baird Capital Partners, the buyout fund of Baird Private Equity, announced today its portfolio company Digi-Star LLC of Fort Atkinson has acquired RDS Technology of the United Kingdom.

BMO Harris Bank has donated a $35,000 grant to the Zoological Society of Milwaukee to benefit its conservation programs, public education initiatives and support of the Milwaukee County Zoo, the bank announced Thursday.

The performance by the equity markets in October was in line with expectations as the presidential election cycle made its presence felt.

Wauwatosa-based Waterstone Financial Inc. reported third quarter net income of $8.4 million, 27 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $206,000 or 1 cent per share, in the same period a year ago.

Waukesha State Bank announced it plans to open a new full-service bank branch and office at 14000 W. National Ave. in New Berlin.

Racine-based Twin Disc Inc. reported fiscal first quarter net earnings of $1.3 million, or 11 cents per share down from record earnings of $9.6 million, or 83 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Journal Broadcast Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Journal Communications Inc., announced it has closed on the purchase of WACY-TV in Green Bay for $2.038 million from ACE TV Inc.

Chief executive officers at more than 80 major U.S. corporations have released a statement to pressure Congress to reduce the federal deficit with tax increases and spending cuts.

Buoyed by a barrage of paid political campaign television commercials, Milwaukee-based Journal Communications Inc. reported third quarter net earnings of $7.7 million, or 14 cents per share, up from $4.4 million, or 7 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

The U.S. economy sped up in the third quarter, as the gross domestic product grew at a 2 percent clip from July through September, up from 1.3 percent in the second quarter, according to the Commerce Department.