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Since the announcement earlier this month that the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra needs $5 million in additional funding soon to avoid folding altogether, the community has responded with more than $1 million in new donations, according to MSO president and executive director Mark Niehaus.

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The Historic Third Ward Association will give Milwaukee residents and visitors a special glimpse into the work of some of the region’s most talented artists with Gallery Night and Day, scheduled to run Friday, Jan. 18, and Saturday, Jan. 19.

Penfield Children’s Center, located in Milwaukee, has launched a new website to build on the nonprofit organization’s mission to help children both with and without disabilities develop to achieve their full potential.

Diversified Insurance Solutions, headquartered in Brookfield, is seeking nonprofit applicants for its 2014 Spark Program, which will award $5,000 grants to nonprofit organizations using creativity and innovation to tackle area problems.

We’ve heard about the challenges Millennials create for employers, and we’ve seen them mocked with stereotypes of their self-absorbed attitudes, but the group of workers born after 1980 will soon account for nearly half the workforce in the U.S. and their unique talents may be the key to success for those who hire and encourage them.

BizTimes invites readers to take a moment to complete its annual BizTimes Economic Dashboard Survey for 2014.

The Waukesha County Business Alliance recently hosted “Key Industries for Job Growth” at the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel.

The U.S. stock market was on pace to add marginal gains in thin trading this morning to Thursday’s record highs.

Federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits will end for about 24,000 long-term unemployed Wisconsin workers Saturday.