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Metro Milwaukee home sales up 25 percent in June
The four-county metropolitan Milwaukee housing market posted additional sales gains in June. The region’s housing market had a 25.8 percent increase in sales during June and a 28.6 percent increase in sales during the second quarter, according to the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors (GMAR).
Zilber plans another Pleasant Prairie spec industrial building
Milwaukee-based Zilber Property Group plans to build a speculative industrial building at state Highway 31 and 99th Street in Pleasant Prairie.
Plans for 44-story downtown tower unveiled
Rick Barrett, the lead developer for the 30-story Moderne residential high rise under construction downtown, architect Matt Rinka, and Milwaukee County officials will unveil plans today for a 44-story building that Barrett wants to develop at the site of the Milwaukee County Downtown Transit Center on the lakefront.
Global uncertainties weigh on stock market
The ongoing European financial crisis, uncertainty about the U.S. economy, the impending federal government “fiscal cliff” and the upcoming U.S. presidential election will play major roles in influencing the stock market in the second half of the year.
WellPoint to acquire Amerigroup Corp.
WellPoint Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Amerigroup Corp., one of the nation's leading managed care companies that is focused on meeting the health care needs of financially vulnerable Americans.
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CliftonLarsonAllen acquires Minnesota co-op
CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) announced the acquisition of the tax and accounting business segments of AgStar Financial Services.
Agency rates top-ranked Milwaukee investment advisors
BrightScope, a provider of independent financial information and investment research, unveiled its 2012 list of the top 25 Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) firms in the Milwaukee area.
Marsh subsidiary acquires Wisconsin agency
Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of insurance broker White Plains, N.Y.-based Marsh Inc., has announced the acquisition of Wisconsin-based Security Insurance Services Inc., which has offices in New Berlin and Appleton.
BizTimes cover story: Mid-year Economic Forecast
At the midway pole, the economy continues to recover.
