Banking & Finance

Generac Holdings Inc., a Waukesha-based designer and manufacturer of generators and other engine powered products, announced it expects strong financial results for the third quarter of 2012, and as a result is raising its outlook for full-year 2012.

Menomonee Falls-based Actuant Corp. reported a fiscal fourth quarter net loss of $16.5 million, or 23 cents per share, compared with a net profit of $41.4 million, or 55 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

St. Louis-based leading national scrap metal processor Alter Trading Corp. has purchased Miller Compressing Company.

Waukesha-based generator manufacturer Generac has raised its outlook for 2012 in light of strong financial results it expects for the third quarter.

When William Waldren wanted to start a small business to provide a co-working space for other small businesses in the community, he needed about $125,000 for furniture and equipment.

Believe it or not, 2012 will soon be coming to a close and the new year provides business owners with an opportunity to take a fresh look at their company retirement plans.

As a competitive cutting contestant, Rhonda Helgeson can rein her American quarter horse, Lyddie, to wrangle a cow in a matter of minutes.

The four largest American banks hold 40 percent of the U.S. customer deposits, according to the Federal Deposits Insurance Corp. (FDIC).

The five fastest-growing companies of the Future 50 in 2012 are understandably bullish about the future.

The United States appears to be heading toward a so-called “fiscal cliff” at year-end, a conglomeration of new taxes and tax break expirations that would result in one of the largest tax increases in American history.