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Johnson Controls Inc. named its Global Innovation Center in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward after outgoing chief executive officer Stephen Roell in a ceremony Tuesday night.

Concordia University Wisconsin (CUW) hopes to consolidate its business courses, expand its program offerings and continue growing enrollment numbers with a new 50,000-square-foot facility for its School of Business Administration at its Mequon campus.

“Free, fair and accessible elections are sacrosanct, and the right of every legal voter to cast their vote must be unassailable”
- Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Menomonee Falls)

Madison-based Catalyze.io, a cloud-based health care technology company, announced today it has closed a Series A financing round co-led by Baird Capital’s venture capital group, Arthur Ventures and Chicago Ventures, with participation from the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, Gener8tor, Angels on the Water and other individual investors.

The Racine County Economic Development Corporation announced that RCEDC executive director Gordy Kacala will retire July 31, 2014, after 24 years of service.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average crossed 16,000 points for the first time in trading yesterday, and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose above 1.800 points.

Summit Credit Union will host Mindful Spending on Thursday, November 21, from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Greenfield...

Milwaukee and Madison-based BankMyBiz.com has been selected to display its lending website in the Startup Spotlight at the South By Southwest 2014 conference in Austin, Texas from March 7 to 11.

When we think of all the innovative technologies and modern conveniences of our daily lives today, most of us do not connect the integral role our patent system has played. However, many of the revolutionary advances we now take for granted – checking e-mail, surfing the Web, lifesaving medications and medical devices – were all made possible because of our strong patent system that encourages and rewards innovation.

U.S. Bank and HSA Commercial Real Estate announced they have closed on a $32.5 million construction loan that will finance a portion of the overall redevelopment of the former Roundy's warehouse in Wauwatosa into a new 250,000-square-foot retail center.