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SPX Corp. has named William (Bill) Hegeman as president of the SPX Transformer Solutions Inc. business unit, which is headquartered in Waukesha.

The Chicago Fed’s Midwest Manufacturing Index increased 0.4 percent in June up from -0.5 percent in May.

Harley-Davidson Inc. reported second quarter net income of $271.7 million, or $1.21 per share, up from $247.3 million, or $1.21 per share, in the same period a year ago.

One of the challenges for Pete Rettler and the West Bend campus of Moraine Park Technical College (MPTC) is keeping students through the end of their education programs.

*Monday, July 29, through Friday, Aug. 2, Downtown Employee Appreciation Week will hit Milwaukee to celebrate the work of...

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

Joseph Property Development LLC, owned by developer Robert Joseph, recently purchased the the five-story former Eisner Museum of Advertising & Design building in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward for $2 million from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD).

West Allis-based nonprofit organization Industries for the Blind Inc. recently purchased a 100,000-square-foot industrial building at 340 Maple Ave. in Hartland for $2.34 million from Milwaukee-based C. Coakley Relocation Systems.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Milwaukee Preservation Alliance have debuted a free walking tour app that combines historical photos and audio narration with historical facts about the Milwaukee Soldiers Home Historic District.

Bad optics. That is the en vogue way to describe the scene in 2008 when Americans were in fear of an economic meltdown and the CEOs of Chrysler, GM and Ford arrived in D.C. on corporate jets to advocate for a taxpayer bailout.