Industries

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.

Louis Gral Investment Real EstateCardinal Investments purchased three eight-family apartment buildings at 101,109 and 117 Linden Lane, Thiensville.Mid-America Real...

Colliers International|WisconsinDixon Valve leased 17,100 square feet of warehouse space in the Pewaukee Commerce Center II at N25 W23040...

The 508-room Wyndham Milwaukee Airport Hotel & Convention Center will close, likely in late December, according to a notification sent today by Fairfax, Va.-based Crescent Hotels & Resorts to the state Department of Workforce Development.

Milwaukee-based Plunkett Raysich Architects LLP announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Sarasota, Fla.-based Carlson Studio Architecture.