Industries

Milwaukee-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. announced today the opening of a wholly owned subsidiary, Briggs & Stratton Malaysia SDN BHD.

U.S. automobile sales rose in October, despite the sales lost to Hurricane Sandy over the past week.

The Moderne, a 30-story tower at the southwest corner of Juneau Avenue and Old World Third Street, is the latest addition to the downtown Milwaukee skyline.

While Dave Sobelman, owner of Sobelmans Pub & Grill at 1900 W. St. Paul Ave. in Milwaukee, has already expanded his business to two additional Milwaukee locations, he's in the process of expanding it further with a Chicago location.

The Milwaukee-area manufacturing sector continued its decline in October, according to a report released today by the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. Inc. will reach another financial milestone in 2013 with its largest dividend payout ever.

Policyholders of American Family Insurance have begun filing claims in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, but the number will likely be limited.

The common stock shares of Generac Holdings Inc. skyrocketed $5.61 to trade at $33.94 per share this morning as investors speculated that demand will grow for the Waukesha company’s portable generators in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

The United Way of Greater Milwaukee’s Executive Committee voted to make an immediate $25,000 grant to the American Red Cross in Southeastern Wisconsin, funding which will help the organization deploy volunteers to the East Coast to help in the Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.

Cresa recently added Danielle Kapitz as a business manager in its Milwaukee office.