Industries

The Legislature will reduce state taxpayer support for the University of Wisconsin System by $65.7 million over the next two years. The UW campuses will collectively absorb the state funding cut over the next two years, generally by drawing down their cash reserves

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Wisconsin banks reported combined net income of $497 million in the second quarter, up from $407 million in the same period a year ago, according to the Quarterly Banking Profile released by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Many of the Tiki brand torches lit in backyards around the country were designed at Lamplight in Menomonee Falls.

One of my businesses is TranquilEase. I hold a patent for a portable Heated Stadium Cushion with a frame, patent #7438356, a very nice product.

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Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. downgraded Milwaukee-based Brady Corp.’s stock from “outperform” to “neutral” with a price target of $33.00, down from $41.00, after a disappointing quarterly report Thursday.

Sheboygan-based Acuity announced it is open for business in Wyoming and Montana and has begun appointing agents in those states.

The Marek Group, a Waukesha-based channel sales and marketing firm with commercial printing, fulfillment and direct marketing production, has acquired Publisher’s Diversified Mail Service, a 65-year-old Milwaukee-based direct marketing company.

Downtown Milwaukee luxury gift retailer George Watts & Son Inc. announced today it will relocate its second floor showroom space to its first floor to accommodate room for a boutique law firm on the second floor.