We are entering that time during tax season where we counsel the micro-corporations or individuals that usually just see us at tax time. For clients like these we are more of a service provider than a business consultant. With them, our success is measured by the size of their refund. If they get one, it's a job well done and attributable to our tax skills. If not, there must be something else that can be done.

The Veterans Administration Credit Union plans to merge with Madison-based Summit Credit Union.

Guaranty Bank has moved its headquarters from Brown Deer to Glendale following the January sale of subsidiary Shelter Mortgage LLC to a Chicago private equity firm.

Ed Krajcir, president of Sunbelt Midwest in Milwaukee, has been appointed Wisconsin chapter president of Midwest Business Brokers and Intermediaries. He will serve a one-year term.

Johnson Bank announced it has signed a new three-year contract with INVEST Financial Corporation, a full-service broker-dealer specializing in developing innovative financial solutions for advisors and their clients.

The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) and Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) are creating an early-stage venture capital fund focused on information technology.

Jim Meyer has joined Wells Fargo as a senior vice president to lead the bank's commercial banking in southeastern Wisconsin.

Allrite Home & Remodeling Inc., a Milwaukee company specializing in siding, roofing, window and gutter replacement, has acquired S&E Insulation in Shorewood.

The Marcus Corp. today reported a fiscal third quarter operating loss of $224,000, or 5 cents per share, compared with operating income of $4.1 million, or 3 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

U.S. home prices rose in January at the fastest annual pace since June 2006, according to the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index, which climbed 8.1 percent in the 12 months ending in January.

U.S. Reps. Tom Petri (R-Fond du Lac) and Reid Ribble (R-Appleton) are working to advance manufacturing tax reform.

James E. Walker, vice president of Case IH NAFTA for CNH in Racine, has been elected to the board of directors for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers.