Banking & Finance

Small Business Times will conduct an M&A Forum, titled "The Next Stage," on March 27, from 7:30 to 11 a.m. at The Pfister Hotel, 424 E. Wisconsin Ave.
Thousands of Wisconsin businesses are owned and managed by baby boomers who will soon be reaching the age of retirement. What then? What will be the "Next Stage" for their business?

While Wisconsin attracted a fraction of the $29.4 billion in total U.S. venture capital invested in 2007, the state's share is growing. Last year, venture capitalists invested $87.6 million in Wisconsin companies, according to a MoneyTree report issued by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association. In 2006, VCs invested $72 million, the report states.

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Finance-related events in southeastern Wisconsin

Deal reached on national economic stimulus plan Democratic and Republican congressional leaders reached a tentative deal last week...

Personnel news from the financial services industry

Tom Rave, vice president of Tri City National Bank

Charlotte REIT acquires Marshall Erdman Marshall Erdman and Associates (Erdman), a Madison-based firm that plans, designs and builds...

Citizens Community Bancorp to expand in Wal-Mart stores Eau Claire-based Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for...

Barton Products Corp., a West Bend precision machining shop, has been acquired by Valerie Hron and her husband Ray Batista. Hron is the granddaughter of the founder of Barton, and has been involved in the company for 19 years. Batista has worked there for 10 years.