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Karen Ellenbecker, founder of Pewaukee-based Ellenbecker investment Group, is turning over the reins of her investment advisory company to her daughter, Julie Ellenbecker-Lipsky, who is the firm's new president.

U.S. Bank’s The Private Client Reserve has hired Erik Zipp as wealth management advisor in Milwaukee. Zipp will provide...

Brown Deer-based Bank Mutual has hired Joel Potter as assistant vice president/bank office manager at the Southgate office, 3340 S. 27th St. in Milwaukee.

Wauwatosa-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. plans to close its McDonough, Ga. manufacturing plant and consolidate production in Wauwatosa and New York. The move will create 220 new full-time jobs and about 150 temporary seasonal jobs in Wauwatosa.

I did my first big Twitter group tweet last week. It’s called a “tweetcast.”

The PGA of America and Kohler Co. have extended corporate hospitality sales for the 2015 PGA Championship to accommodate strong and continuing demand for on-course hospitality chalets.

Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Motor Co. has issued a recall for 66,421 motorcycles because of a problem with the front brake line.

Nick Pinchuk, president and chief executive officer of Kenosha-based Snap-on Inc., said at a recent IndustryWeek Best Plants Conference in Milwaukee that manufacturing careers are rejected by Americans because of a lack of respect for the value of the jobs.

One of the truly bright spots in the U.S. economy is the auto industry which had tanked in 2008-09 like never before. General Motors and Chrysler went bankrupt and had to be bailed out by the Federal Government. Even with Uncle Sam involved, Chrysler ended up as a division of Fiat, leaving us with only two major U.S. owned auto companies – GM and Ford

One of the truly bright spots in the U.S. economy is the auto industry which had tanked in 2008-09 like never before. General Motors and Chrysler went bankrupt and had to be bailed out by the Federal Government. Even with Uncle Sam involved, Chrysler ended up as a division of Fiat, leaving us with only two major U.S. owned auto companies – GM and Ford.