Cresa recently added Danielle Kapitz as a business manager in its Milwaukee office.

The United Way of Greater Milwaukee’s Executive Committee voted to make an immediate $25,000 grant to the American Red Cross in Southeastern Wisconsin, funding which will help the organization deploy volunteers to the East Coast to help in the Hurricane Sandy relief efforts.

The common stock shares of Generac Holdings Inc. skyrocketed $5.61 to trade at $33.94 per share this morning as investors speculated that demand will grow for the Waukesha company’s portable generators in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

Policyholders of American Family Insurance have begun filing claims in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, but the number will likely be limited.

Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. Inc. will reach another financial milestone in 2013 with its largest dividend payout ever.

People’s perceptions of the state of the current economy in Wisconsin remains pessimistic, but expectations of future economic performance and the overall direction of the state have become more rosy, driven primarily by a change in outlook by political independents.

The Milwaukee-area manufacturing sector continued its decline in October, according to a report released today by the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

Helen Bader Foundation Inc., a Milwaukee-based philanthropic organization dedicated to youth, aging and workforce development for-at risk community members, has awarded 20 workforce development organizations throughout greater Milwaukee a total of $855,000, the foundation announced Wednesday.

First Business Financial Services Inc., the parent company of First Business Bank and First Business Bank-Milwaukee, reported record third quarter results highlighted by growth in revenue, in-market deposits, commercial loan balances and problem loan resolutions.

The U.S. economy sped up in the third quarter, as the gross domestic product grew at a 2 percent clip from July through September, up from 1.3 percent in the second quarter, according to the Commerce Department.

Koss Corp., the Milwaukee-based high-fidelity headphone company, reported fiscal first quarter net income of $366,153, or 5 cents per share, up from $280,597, or 4 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Buoyed by a barrage of paid political campaign television commercials, Milwaukee-based Journal Communications Inc. reported third quarter net earnings of $7.7 million, or 14 cents per share, up from $4.4 million, or 7 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.