Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will be the keynote speaker at a Workforce Development Program to be presented by the Waukesha County Business Alliance on Wednesday, Dec. 12.

Waukesha-based Generac Holdings Inc. announced it plans to acquire Latin American generator manufacturer Ottomotores UK Ltd. for $46.5 million.

After 26 years as one of the prominent voices and leaders in the Wisconsin business community through his work as the senior vice president of government relations at the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), James Buchen will leave the organization to establish a new, independent public affairs firm.

Visits to brick-and-mortar banks are on the decline as mobile banking becomes the norm, and Brookfield-based Fiserv Inc. is poised to capitalize on the electronic trend.

The U.S. economy is showing positive signs of continued recovery with a variety of sectors witnessing significant growth, according to BMO Private Bank’s December Outlook for Financial Markets Report.

A record 247 million people visited stores and websites between Thursday and Sunday and spent a total of $59.1 billion, 13 percent more than last year’s Thanksgiving weekend, the National Retail Federation (NRF) said today.

Alliant Physical Therapy Group announced today its continued expansion into the central city of Milwaukee with the addition of two new clinics to serve a historically underserved market.

Madison officials mourned the loss of booming Epic Systems to Verona, but the medical software colossus is having a huge, unexpected impact on its original hometown.

A lesson to be learned from the Nov. 6 election is that we all need to diversify our sources of news and analysis.

Jon Teraoka, the owner of W.I.S. Logistics and the Milwaukee area branch of Mainfreight Inc., recently purchased a 20,000-square-foot industrial building at 5600 S. Westridge Road in New Berlin for $1.17 million. Mike Judson of Pewaukee-based Judson & Associates represented Teraoka in brokering the deal.

Premier Real Estate Development has proposed a five-building, 60-unit development on the northwest corner of East Sauk Road and...

Wauwatosa-based Selzer-Ornst Company recently completed a new stand-alone PNC Bank branch bank at the Underwood Crossing development on Bluemound...