Telephone and Data Systems Inc., the Chicago-based parent company of Madison-based TDS Telecommunications Corp. (TDS Telecom), announced an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Baja Broadband LLC, a cable company headquartered in Alamogordo, N.M., for a purchase price of $267.5 million, subject to working capital and other adjustments.

Waterstone Mortgage Corp. is expanding into the greater Milwaukee area with a new office in West Allis.

Milwaukee-based Joy Global Inc. today reported fiscal first quarter net income of $142.1 million, down slightly from $142.5 million in the same period a year ago.

Menomonee Falls-based Kohl's Department Stores today announced the launch of the Kohl's Cares Field Trip Grant Program, which will provide $750,000 in funding to eligible schools throughout the metro-Milwaukee area to help cover the cost of field trips during the 2013-2014 school year.

Developers of the only major wind farm project pending in Wisconsin are appealing a decision by state regulators to block construction plans.

There is apparent unanimity among Wisconsin business executives and policymakers that the state faces a "skills gap:" thousands of jobs going unfilled because too few Wisconsin workers possess the skills, education, and training for them. This skills mismatch, it is argued, is the central reason why unemployment remains high, even as job vacancies remain unfilled.

Global private investment firm TPG has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Menomonee Falls-based Assisted Living Concepts Inc.

Canadian BMO Harris Bank parent BMO Financial Group today reported first quarter net income of $1,048 million (Canadian) on a reported basis, down five percent from $1,198 million a year ago.

Bold, dynamic and innovative companies and corporate leaders are invited to be nominated for the 2013 Bravo! Entrepreneur and IQ (Innovation Quotient) Awards.

Milwaukee County Treasurer Dan Diliberti is asking for the assistance of county residents to help locate the owners of more than $2 million in unclaimed funds.

Milwaukee-based Brady Corp. announced a net loss of $8.7 million for its fiscal second quarter, an improvement from a $90 million net loss from the previous fiscal second quarter.

Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp announced that it donated more than $611,000 to United Way of Greater Milwaukee's 2012 fundraising campaign through employee contributions and corporate gifts.