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According to a new study issued today by BMO Harris Financial Advisors, 65 percent of Wisconsinites will be making at least one New Year’s resolution for 2014, and 36 percent of those resolutions will be related to personal finances.

Edward Doheny II has been elected president and chief executive officer of Milwaukee-based mining equipment manufacturer Joy Global Inc., following a previously announced succession plan.

The City of Milwaukee's 168th Birthday Party will celebrate “6 Degrees of Milwaukee: Connected for 168 Years.”

There’s something to be said for having the last laugh and having the best laugh in business.

Robert W. Baird & Co.'s public finance team has been recognized with a “Deal of the Year” award from The Bond Buyer.

BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation Inc. has elected five members to its investment committee.

The Milwaukee 7 has surpassed its own benchmarks for new jobs, total payroll and average wages more than one year early, based on goals determined in 2010.

Former U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl, owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, is seeking new investors for the ownership of the team.

Wisconsin ranks 29th in the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council's 2013 "Small Business Policy Index 2013: Ranking the States on Policy Measures and Costs Impacting Small Business and Entrepreneurship."

Employers in the Milwaukee metropolitan market expect to hire at a “moderate” pace during the first quarter of 2014, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.