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Northwoods Web Solutions will present Successful Online Catalogs for Manufacturers & Distributors on Thursday, Jan. 30, from 8:15 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Northwoods Software, 1572 E. Capitol Drive, Shorewood.

Milwaukee-based craft brewery Lakefront Brewery Inc. increased production by 21.4 percent in 2013, filling 40,496 barrels of beer.

*Friday, Jan. 17, the Milwaukee Art Museum will host “MAM After Dark: ¡Baile!” from 6 p.m. to midnight. The...

BizTimes Media’s fourth annual Giving Guide offers southeastern Wisconsin’s business community an outlet to connect with area nonprofit organizations for philanthropic involvement.

Jack Ablin, chief investment officer at BMO Private Bank, and Brett Healy, president of the John K. MacIver Institute, faced off in point-counterpoint blogs earlier this week.

The Donors Forum of Wisconsin announced that Jill Van Calster has been named the new president and chief executive officer of the organization.

The Board of Directors of the Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation has awarded a $25,000 grant to the Ronald Regan International Baccalaureate (IB) High School’s music program to continue helping students perform, compose and study music.

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc., headquartered in Milwaukee and York, Pa., raised more than $436,000 through its partnership with Boy & Girls Clubs of America and its holiday campaign that ran from the end of November through Christmas Eve.

Hartland-based EmbedTek announced today it plans to hire 72 full-time employees and grow its revenue from $13 million to $36 million by the end of 2015.

Economist Michael Knetter is forecasting the national gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by 3 percent in 2014.