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High-yield bonds are commonly referred to as “junk bonds,” but when it comes to the benefits this asset class provides, investors should not be too quick to discard them when building portfolios.

The United Way chapters of Greater Milwaukee and Waukesha County recently kicked off their 2013 fall fundraising campaigns.

Milwaukee Tool has been pushing innovation in its newest product development and that focus is producing positive results for the company.

Wisconsin banks reported combined net income of $497 million in the second quarter, up from $407 million in the same period a year ago, according to the Quarterly Banking Profile released by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Many of the Tiki brand torches lit in backyards around the country were designed at Lamplight in Menomonee Falls.

Miller’s Bakery plans to expand with a 13,000-square-foot addition to its facility at 8313 N. Steven Road in Milwaukee and will shift all production of its Pretzilla line of pretzel buns there from its headquarters location at 1415 N. Fifth St.

U.S. employers are more optimistic about the final quarter of 2013 than they have been in any fourth quarter since the start of the Great Recession, but Wisconsin employers are lagging behind their national counterparts in the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.

Economic indicators in metro Milwaukee posted a solid July performance, according to a monthly report by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce.

Kenall Manufacturing evaluated both northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin for a year before it announced it would move operations from Gurnee, Ill. to Kenosha last week.