THE NEWSROOM

An expert with the investment management firm Neuberger Berman predicts federal officials will be largely successful in limiting inflation next year. Brad Tank, the New York firm’s chief investment officer and managing director, discussed this and other financial...

Milwaukee-based The Way Out, a company that offers an anti-bias software platform, has raised $400,000 in seed funding. The lead investor for the funding round was Milwaukee-based Gateway Capital Partners, a venture capital fund dedicated to investing in pre-revenue...

"The report really highlights a number of success stories, including reducing reliance on landfills, innovating products, reducing emissions, reducing water consumption, increasing biodiversity and really building communities," WPC President Scott Suder said in an...

Milwaukee-area companies participating in an MMAC workforce initiative are hiring diverse employees more quickly than other businesses in the region. That’s according to figures released yesterday by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce on the Region of...

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee alumni and students have the opportunity to access a lucrative career opportunity in human resources technology through a new apprenticeship program, according to a Wednesday announcement. The paid apprenticeships are offered through...

Wine subscription service Bright Cellars has hired its first master sommelier as it looks to scale the Milwaukee-based brand. Its new sommelier is Catherine Fallis, the fifth woman in the world to earn the master sommelier designation, according to a Wednesday...

UW-Whitewater sophomore Chad Tjugum started collecting coins when he was five years old. By the time he was in eighth grade, Tjugum had his own LLC and was buying and selling coins online. Born with a passion for entrepreneurship, Tjugum enrolled into the gBeta Beloit...

Senate Democratic Leader Melissa Agard (D-Madison) has appointed state Sen. Brad Pfaff (D-Onalaska) to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. Board of Directors. “Today, I am appointing Senator Brad Pfaff to the WEDC Board of Directors,” Agard said in a news...

Milwaukee-based The Way Out, a company that offers an anti-bias software platform, has raised $400,000 in seed funding. The lead investor for the funding round was Milwaukee-based Gateway Capital Partners, a venture capital fund dedicated to investing in pre-revenue...

Atrium Health's billion-dollar investment into its facilities at Carolinas Medical Center continues as plans for a new bed tower push forward. Atrium is one of three brand names for Advocate Health, a corporate umbrella organization created through a recently...

Since 2005, UW-La Crosse has reduced heating and electricity emissions by about 30% — despite growing in building space by about 40%. The additions included Centennial Hall, Eagle Hall, the Student Union and Prairie Springs Science Center. Centennial, Eagle and the...

In the latest episode of “Talking Trade,” former diplomat Andy Rothman of the firm Matthews Asia highlights the benefits of U.S. engagement with China and says an initially bumpy transition from strict Covid protocols will improve next year. Rothman urges continued...

A University of Wisconsin-Madison student from Wausau will be the first nuclear engineer to compete in the Miss America contest Dec. 15. Grace Stanke, who was crowned Miss Wisconsin in June, is using her platform to advocate for nuclear energy while showing women they...

Foxconn Technology Group qualified for tax breaks from the state of Wisconsin for a second year in a row in 2022 under revised contract terms that lowered benchmarks the technology company needed to meet. The Taiwan-based company qualified for $8.6 million in tax...

A new book tells the life story of Amy Gannon, a Madison business leader and advocate for female entrepreneurs who died in 2019 in a helicopter crash while on vacation in Hawaii. Gannon, who was 47 at her death, co-founded the nonprofit Doyenne Group in 2012 to mentor...

A Minnesota medical technology company that's developing a non-invasive device to destroy cancerous tissue has raised $100 million. Plymouth, Minnesota-based HistoSonics Inc. announced Tuesday that it raised $85 million of the funds in a convertible-note form of...

Milwaukee-based insurance technology firm Zywave Inc. announced a reduction in its workforce Wednesday impacting "a number of employees," Zywave CEO Jason Liu said in an email. The layoffs hit as Zywave comes off three years of rapid growth marked by nine...