News and Information from The Business Journal of Milwaukee

Aurora blames Wheaton for Sinai's financial trouble

Feb 10, 2012 12:16 am

Aurora Health Care believes the massive financial hit Sinai Medical Center has taken in recent years is, in part, a result of decisions made by competitor Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare, and its decisi...

Petullo gift ushers in a new era for MAM

Feb 9, 2012 9:47 pm

In some ways, the Milwaukee Art Museum's opening of its latest special exhibit, "Accidental Genius: Art from the Anthony Petullo Collection," ushers in a new era for the museum. As museum d...

Anchor Bank posts $15.3 million loss

Feb 9, 2012 9:42 pm

Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin Inc. said its fiscal third quarter loss was $15.3 million, or 72 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $15.4 million, or 72 cents in the same quarter a year earlier. M...

Riverwest dorm project dropped, but developer may return

Feb 9, 2012 9:41 pm

Indiana private dormitory developer Trinitas Ventures LLC has dropped its plans to build a $35 million project in Milwaukees Riverwest neighborhood. But Travis Vencel, Trinitas director of site acqui...

Dogg Haus to open near Cathedral Square in spring

Feb 9, 2012 8:50 pm

Mazen Muna will open his fifth Dogg Haus hot dog shop downtown on North Jefferson Street near East Wells Street, next to Cathedral Square Park, in mid-March or early April, he said. The space, next t...

Projected Wisconsin budget deficit generates criticism

Feb 9, 2012 8:45 pm

A Wisconsin report predicting a $143.2 million deficit when the state's two-year budget expires is generating a stir of statements from Democrats criticizing Gov. Scott Walker. The state prepares ann...

Packers increase Lambeau 'bowl' ticket prices

Feb 9, 2012 8:42 pm

The Green Bay Packers said the team will increase by $3 to $5 prices on stadium bowl tickets at Lambeau Field for the 2012 season. Invoices the Packers sent to season-ticket holders this week include...

ATC joins with Minnesota Power on new power lines

Feb 9, 2012 5:52 pm

American Transmission Co. said Thursday that it is partnering with Minnesota Power to explore options for bringing electricity from Midwest and Canadian renewable sources to Minnesota, Wisconsin and M...

More speculation about Northwestern Mutual selling Russell Investments

Feb 9, 2012 4:26 pm

For the second time in the past 18 months, a financial publication is reporting that Northwestern Mutual may sell its Seattle-based subsidiary Russell Investments. This time the report is in the Aust...

Wisconsin joins mortgage-servicer settlement

Feb 9, 2012 3:53 pm

Wisconsin homeowners who were victims of foreclosure abuses and fraud and unacceptable nationwide mortgage servicing practices will be eligible for part of an estimated $140 million settlement after s...