Industries

An investors group including Milwaukee real estate investor and developer Mike Olson, Milwaukee-based Edgewater Real Estate LLC and other investors, recently closed on a purchase of the two-building City Hall Square Apartments complex in downtown Milwaukee.

Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) confirmed today that Australia’s Victoria Bitter beer will return to its original full strength and full flavor in October.

Domestic car sales jumped in August as the “Big Three” U.S. automakers each reported better-than-expected numbers in what is shaping up to be one of the best months in years.

A surge of back-to-school sales helped most U.S. retailers ring their cash registers in August, according to the latest monthly totals.

U.S. home prices rose for a second month in June, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Index, which showed the strongest back-to-back monthly advance in the more than decade-long history of the price gauge.

BMO Financial Group, the Toronto-based parent company of BMO Harris Bank, reported third quarter net income of $970 million (Canadian), up 37 percent from the same period a year ago.

Joy Global Inc. reported third quarter net income of $193.6 million, or $1.81 per share, up from $173.1 million, or $1.62 per share, in the same period a year ago.

Mary Kay Merkt has been named senior vice president, director of vendor management and procurement at Johnson Financial Group...

Journal Broadcast Group, a subsidiary of Milwaukee news company Journal Communications Inc., has announced it will acquire WTVF NewsChannel 5 Network in Nashville, Tenn.

Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan should be careful what he asks for when it comes to taking employers in the private sector out of managing health care.