Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. Inc. today confirmed that New Haven, Conn.-based Pickard Chilton will be the design architect for the new office tower that the company plans to build at its downtown Milwaukee headquarters campus.

Milwaukee-based Sensient Technologies Corp. unveiled a strategic and restructuring plan that will include relocating its Flavors & Fragrances Group headquarters, technical groups and North American management from Indianapolis to Chicago.

A proposed merger between American Airlines and U.S. Airways would create the nation's largest carrier and could be announced as soon as next week.

Pasadena, Calif.-based Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza today announced that Walch Hospitality Group LLC, led by John Walch, has signed an agreement to develop six franchise stores in Milwaukee and Madison.

Regal Beloit Corp. today announced it has completed the acquisition of the RAM motor business previously owned by Schneider Electric.

Gus Hernandez Jr. has been appointed senior vice president and commercial banking manager for Johnson Bank’s Milwaukee region.

Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin Inc., the Madison-based parent company of Anchor Bank, announced a fiscal third quarter net loss of $15.1 million, or 71 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $15.3 million, or 72 cents per share, in the same period a year earlier.

Above the Clouds Inc., a Milwaukee-based nonprofit organization providing free arts education programs for at-risk youth and families, will expand the scope of its services thanks to a two-year $80,000 grant from the Helen Bader Foundation.

The Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship in Marquette University’s College of Business Administration today announced it is accepting applications for ImpactNext, the center’s new business model challenge.

The telegram from President John F. Kennedy to University of Wisconsin President Fred Harrington was both eerie and visionary.

A great deal of positive chatter about Wisconsin’s economy in 2013 is coming out of the state’s banking sector.

Bryant & Stratton College has established a hospitality management degree program at its downtown Milwaukee campus to help develop a workforce that can serve the business needs of Milwaukee’s hotels, restaurants, conventions and tourism market.