Industries

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust, a Farmington Hills, Mich.-based real estate investment trust (REIT) announced that it has purchased the 113,617-square-foot Nagawaukee Shopping Center in Delafield for $15.1 million.

Frances Richman, executive director of the Milwaukee Symphony Youth Orchestra has announced she will retire as of December 31, 2012 after serving as executive director for 24 years.

A healthy manufacturing sector is key to better jobs, rising productivity and higher standards of living. Today, U.S. manufacturers, both small and large, are locked in a fierce global battle for customers with China, Japan, Germany and others.

The Milwaukee Art Museum wants to do a $25 million renovation and expansion project for the War Memorial Center in Milwaukee.

The Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) celebrated the 2012 winners of its Paragon Awards this week at a luncheon at the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee-based Brady Corp. today reported fiscal third quarter net income of $27.7 million, or 52 cents per share, down from $28.6 million, or 54 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Racine-based Ruud Lighting, a subsidiary of Cree Inc., has landed a global contract to provide outdoor lighting for Walmart stores.

Scheibel Halaska, a Milwaukee-based public relations company, announced today it has changed its name to Trefoil Group.

Appleton Papers Inc. and Hicks Acquisition Company II Inc. today announced a definitive agreement under which Appleton will engage in a business combination with Hicks in a transaction valued at $675 million.

The Milwaukee Art Museum is pushing for a $25 million project to improve the War Memorial Center. The Art Museum occupies about 70 percent of the War Memorial Center buildings, which are adjacent to the winged Santiago Calatrava-designed addition to the Art Museum.