Industries

We are entering that time during tax season where we counsel the micro-corporations or individuals that usually just see us at tax time. For clients like these we are more of a service provider than a business consultant. With them, our success is measured by the size of their refund. If they get one, it's a job well done and attributable to our tax skills. If not, there must be something else that can be done.

Plans for a 5-story office building, which will be built in the former Pabst brewery complex in downtown Milwaukee, were unveiled last week. Groundbreaking for the $10 million to $12 million project is expected to occur in June.

Indulgence Chocolatiers will move its production operations from its current location in Waukesha to a larger facility in Milwaukee's Walker's Point neighborhood this summer.

The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) and Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) are creating an early-stage venture capital fund focused on information technology.

Company owners interested in learning more about the process and prospects of buying or selling businesses are invited to attend the annual BizTimes M&A Forum, which will take place Friday, May 3, at the Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m.

General Motors is recalling nearly 34,000 Buicks and Cadillacs in the United States, Canada and elsewhere to fix a problem with the automatic transmissions.

Workers at a Frito-Lay Inc. warehouse in Menomonee Falls will continue to be represented by Teamsters Local Union 344.

James E. Walker, vice president of Case IH NAFTA for CNH in Racine, has been elected to the board of directors for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers.

U.S. Reps. Tom Petri (R-Fond du Lac) and Reid Ribble (R-Appleton) are working to advance manufacturing tax reform.

Jim Meyer has joined Wells Fargo as a senior vice president to lead the bank’s commercial banking in southeastern Wisconsin.