Ideas

While creativity often seems to be a talent harnessed by a select group of artists and writers, thought leader Erik Wahl sees it as a skill anyone can utilize once they unlock its potential from within.

West Milwaukee-based Rexnord Corp. reported fiscal first quarter net income of $14 million, a recovery from a net loss of $1 million in the first quarter of the previous fiscal year.

The top executives of the 2013 Future 50 companies recently provided their recommendations about how to resolve some of the most significant challenges facing businesses in the region.

Weyco Group Inc. reported net earnings of $2.2 million, or 20 cents per share, the same as a year ago.

Modine Manufacturing Co. reported fiscal first quarter net earnings of $10.6 million, or 21 cents per share, up significantly from a $900,000 loss in the fiscal first quarter of 2013.

Racine-based Johnson Outdoors Inc. reported a slight fiscal third quarter net sales increase, from $128.6 million in 2012 to $129.8 million this year.

*Friday, Aug. 2, the 3rd annual Urban Island Beach Party will bring live music, a limbo contest, interactive art...

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

Randall D. Crocker, president and CEO of Milwaukee-based law firm Von Briesen & Roper, S.C., today announced a new partnership between the firm and the Pabst Theater Group (the Pabst Theater, the Riverside Theater and the Turner Hall Ballroom). The partnership entails sponsoring the theaters’ “Indie in Milwaukee” concerts.

The Brew City Cigar Fest will follow Milwaukee’s lineup of summer festivals this year with an evening of cigar samples, spirits, food from area restaurants and live entertainment.