Industries

After working at Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. for 19 years, financial planner Betty Wellhoefer Hill has branched out to establish her own investment advisory firm in Grafton.

Milwaukee-based MGIC Investment Corp. has announced that J. Michael Lauer, who has been the company's chief financial officer since 1989, will retire on Feb. 28, 2014.

First Business Financial Services Inc. reported third quarter net income of $3.6 million, or 91 cents per diluted common share, in the third quarter, compared with $2.6 million, or 99 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

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Milwaukee-based investment banking firm Emory & Co. has received a U.S. Leading Adviser of the Year Award from London-based Acquisition International in the 2013 M&A Awards.

Milwaukee-based Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. reported net income of 47.6 million, or 67 cents per share, for the third quarter, up from 29.1 million in the same period a year ago.

Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation Inc. has entered an agreement to acquire oil and gas wireless solutions company vMonitor.

Milwaukee-based Garden-Fresh Foods Inc. is recalling 50 more tons of chicken and ham products over concerns of possible listeria contamination.

A 75,000-square-foot industrial building at 1175 Cottonwood Ave. in Hartland, occupied by Price Engineering, was sold recently to a Madison real estate firm for $5.775 million, according to state records.

After nearly four decades at the helm of a Milwaukee East Side institution, John Sidoff is selling Hooligan's Super Bar, 2017 E. North Ave.