Bank Mutual Corp. reported third quarter net income of $2.0 million, or 4 cents per share, up from $1.3 million, or 3 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Green Bay-based Associated Banc-Corp reported third quarter net income of $45 million, or 26 cents per share, up from $34 million, or 20 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Brooke Infusino will join the Kenosha Area Business Alliance (KABA) on Oct. 29 as its director of talent development.

The Milwaukee Bucks will host the 36th annual MACC Fund Game Saturday night at the Bradley Center.

The call for a “flatter” income tax often is accompanied by a call for fairness. In truth, the flatter tax is not fair, according to Jack Norman, author of today’s Milwaukee Biz Blog.

Laacke & Joys announced today it will close its stores in downtown Milwaukee and Mequon and will consolidate its operations at its store in Brookfield at 19233 W. Bluemound Road.

NBC News anchor and well-known journalist Tom Brokaw will address the Medical College of Wisconsin at the college’s Center for Digestive Disease Heathcare 2012 Dinner on Monday, Nov. 12.

In honor of October's designation as National Pizza Month, 34 Domino's stores throughout Milwaukee will give away more than 3,000 slices of pizza total on Tuesday, Oct. 23, from noon to 2 p.m. The pizza celebration will offer a free slice of the chain's new handmade pan pizza to the first 100 people who visit each participating location.

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) recognized minority and women-owned Wisconsin companies for their achievements at this year's Governor's Conference on Minority Business Development in Milwaukee.

The 205-room Marriott hotel under construction in downtown Milwaukee will have an 800-square-foot Starbucks coffee shop along Wisconsin Avenue, the developer for the project announced today.

Recent federal findings criticizing the lack of openness in Wisconsin’s distribution of federal economic development funds highlights the need for a serious effort by state leaders to ensure these subsidy programs are transparent and accountable. A new WISPIRG Foundation report has found that Wisconsin taxpayers have access to almost no information about the outcomes from the millions of dollars invested in economic development subsidies from the past four years. The report, “Leaving Taxpayers in the Dark: The Urgent Need to Improve Transparency and Accountability in Wisconsin’s Economic Development Subsidy Programs,” finds that online transparency has gotten worse despite promises from state leaders to enhance transparency and accountability in these programs.

In response to a significant increase in patient volumes, Columbia St. Mary's Hospital has opened its new Cancer Center at Columbia St. Mary' s Hospital Ozaukee, 13111 N. Port Washington Road, Mequon.