Industries

Brookfield-based Oak Hill Business Partners has added Mike Thompson as a partner.

Waterstone Financial Inc., the holding company for Wauwatosa-based WaterStone Banks SSB, announced Richard C. Larson, its chief financial officer, will resign on Feb. 7.

Sprint has announced its 4G LTE network now includes Milwaukee.

As Wisconsin faces steep Alzheimer's diagnosis rates in its aging population, the Helen Bader Foundation has stepped in with a $1.5 million grant to help the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Institute step up its research and outreach efforts surrounding the disease.

Caterpillar Inc. today reported fourth quarter earnings of $1 billion, or $1.54 per share, up from $697 million, or $1.04 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Marquette University today announced it has received a $10 million donation from an anonymous benefactor to build a new on-site residence for its Jesuit priests.

Lannon-based Pallet USA, a portfolio company of Brookfield-based private equity firm Blackthorne Partners, has acquired a majority of the assets of Hartford-based Goeman's Wood Products Inc.

Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc. announced fiscal first quarter net income of $469 million, or 69 cents per share, up from $359 million, or 52 cents per share, in the first quarter of 2013.

Wauwatosa-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. reported fiscal second quarter net income of $702,000, or 1 cent per share, up from a net loss of $635,000, or 2 cents per share, in the second quarter a year ago.

Glendale-based Strattec Security Corp. reported fiscal second quarter net income of $3.8 million, or $1.09 per share, up from $2.4 million, or 70 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.