*Thursday, Oct. 18, the Waukesha County Business Alliance will host the Annual Multi-Chamber Networking Event from 4:30 p.m. to...

Newsweek, which is printed by Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc., will become an online-only publication next year, ending 80 years as a printed magazine.

Drought conditions that resulted in lower lawn mower sales prompted Briggs & Stratton Corp. to report a fiscal first quarter net loss of $13.2 million, excluding additional restructuring charges.

Snap-on Inc. today reported third quarter net earnings of $74.1 million, or $1.26 per share, up from $67.8 million, or $1.16 per share, in the same period a year ago.

Associated Bank, a division of Associated Banc-Corp, announced it will close 12 retail branches in Wisconsin and Illinois to enhance efficiency in its branch network.

Chicago-based Northern Trust Corp., which operates a Northern Trust Bank branch in downtown Milwaukee, reported third quarter net income of $178.8 million, or 73 cents per share, up from $170.4 million, or 70 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp, which operates U.S. Bank branches in Wisconsin, reported record third quarter net income of $1.4 billion, or 74 cents per share, up from $1.3 billion, or 64 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Wisconsin gained 1,500 private sector jobs in September, and the state's unemployment rate dipped slightly to 7.3 percent from 7.5 percent in August, according to the latest seasonally adjusted employment data released today by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

“Hard work. Dedication. And the mindset that failure is not an option.”

That is how former Green Bay Packer great Willie Davis answered a question about the secrets behind his post-football career as a successful executive in the beer distributing and radio businesses.

Wauwatosa-based Wangard Partners Inc. announced that today it will close on the sale of a 10,708-square-foot building at 1930 E. North Ave., on Milwaukee’s East Side, to Forman-Smyser Family LLC, a New York-based investment group.

Pleasant Prairie village officials this week approved plans by City of Industry, Calif.-based Majestic Realty Company to build a 1.18 million-square-foot warehouse/distribution center on an 87.5-acre site east of County Highway H and south of Bain Station Road.

The southeastern Wisconsin industrial real estate market is in better shape than it has been in years, according to data from the latest Xceligent and Commercial Association of Realtors Wisconsin (CARW) market report.