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After months of uncertainty about how to fund future operations, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra has completed its $5 million fundraising campaign toward its long-term sustainability.

Milwaukee Brewers fans will have a chance to take home a Hank the “Ballpark Pup” Bobblehead during the Brewers’ Sept. 13 home game against the Cincinnati Reds, when the Brewers will also celebrate Wisconsin Humane Society Day.

With the backing of a $250,000 gift from the Bucyrus Foundation, Milwaukee Public Schools’ Harry and Lynde Bradley Technology and Trade High School will add four welding stations to its welding lab to grow the number of students it can accommodate.

Milwaukee-based Fein Brothers, a supplier of new and used food service equipment, will spend much of the next two months rallying community and corporate support for the first of its kind “Soup Kitchen Makeover.”

Dear Well City Milwaukee employers and leadership:

While the number of women-owned businesses has grown by 68 percent nationally since 1997, Wisconsin has lagged behind with just 36.6 percent growth, according to the recent American Express OPEN State the of Women-Owned Businesses Report.

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that the gross domestic product grew at a 2.6 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter.

Author and consultant Joe Abraham will be the keynote speaker at the BizTimes Bravo! Entrepreneur and I.Q. (Innovation Quotient) Awards Luncheon to be held at BizExpo on Wednesday, May 21, at Potawatomi Bingo Casino.

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Dr. David William Borst, dean of the School of Business Administration at Concordia University WisconsinInstitution address: 12800 N. Lake...