Industries

Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward has been named one of America's Top 12 ArtPlaces 2013 by ArtPlace, an initiative comprised of national and regional organizations, federal agencies and banks dedicated to the funding and development of art.

Marquette University High School has been awarded a $1.7 million gift from the estate of Harvey and Elaine Schmidt to be contributed to the Harvey and Elaine Schmidt Scholarship Fund, which offers tuition assistance to students in need.

Repairers of the Breach, a daytime shelter and resource facility for homeless residents of Milwaukee, remained open 24 hours yesterday due to dropping temperatures.

Many manufacturers struggle to maintain their competitive positions in regional and global markets that are changing faster than ever.

Exhibit Systems will move from Menomonee Falls to a larger production and office facility in Brookfield on Friday, Jan. 25.

Wauwatosa-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. today reported that its fiscal second quarter net sales increased 2 percent to $439.1 million.

Milwaukee-based water technology company A.O. Smith Corp. today reported record sales of $1.94 billion for 2012, up 13.4 percent from $1.71 billion in 2011.

Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. Inc. today announced its 2012 financial results, which include a record dividend payout to policy owners expected to exceed $5 billion in 2013. The company paid $4.97 billion in dividends last year.

Dale Boehm, President/CEO of Caspian Technologies Address: 2100 Pewaukee Rd., Ste. C, Waukesha, WI 53188(Offices also in St. Louis,...

Steve Booth has been promoted to chief operating officer and will eventually serve as chief executive officer and president of Milwaukee-based Robert W. Baird & Co Inc.