Congressional Republicans did an about-face Tuesday and agreed to allow President Barack Obama to raise the national debt ceiling after receiving an urgent request to do so from 474 corporate executives, including several from Wisconsin.

Journal Communications Inc. announced that its board of directors has authorized a share repurchase program of up to $45 million of its outstanding class A common stock and/or class B common stock until the end of fiscal 2013.

Pewaukee-based accounting firm Chortek & Gottschalk LLP has acquired Washington-based accounting firm Martin & Wall.

Blackthorne Partners Ltd., a Milwaukee-based private equity firm, announced today that it recently acquired the assets of Lannon-based JPRS New Way, a pallet recycling company.

Alex Kramer, CFP, has been hired as senior vice president of wealth management sales at Johnson Bank. He has...

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A new rapid prototyping capability at CORE Consulting will allow the engineering company to provide manufacturers with models of potential products more quickly.

Milwaukee-based Joy Global Inc. has entered into an agreement to purchase 534.8 million shares of International Mining Machinery Holdings Ltd. Stock for $585 million from TJCC Holdings Limited.

Sussex-based Quad/Graphics Inc. and Transcontinental Inc. announced they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Quad/Graphics will acquire Transcontinental's Mexican operations and will sell most of its Canadian operations to Transcontinental.

General Electric Co. chairman and chief executive officer Jeffrey Immelt advised business U.S. owners and top executives to “stop complaining” about government and take the lead in creating more jobs and sparking the national economic recovery.

Green Bay-based Schneider National, one of the nation's largest trucking companies, is hiring 300 more professional truck drivers in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico for its growing Dedicated and Bulk (tanker) divisions.

Douglas Dynamics of Milwaukee has appointed Kenneth Krueger to its board of directors