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The U.S. stock market sputtered last week as analysts speculated that the Federal Reserve Board may be on the verge of tapering its bond-buying program and might even be pondering a slight increase in the core interest rate.

Milwaukee-based Rexnord Corp. has acquired the assets of Micro Precision Gear Technology Ltd., a UK-based specialty precision aerospace gears manufacturer.

Marquette University announced it is moving into the area of open online education with an introductory course in investing.

Quarles & Brady LLP will host “What Banks Most Need to Know about the 'New Normal': Living and Working in a Post-Crisis, Post-Dodd-Frank, Dramatically Changed Landscape” on Thursday, Sept. 12, starting at noon.

Brookfield-based North Shore Bank has announced it will receive an increase in the grant per household amounts for the Downpayment Plus and DPP Advantage programs.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s National Activity Index for July showed economic growth remained sluggish in July.

A company I work with recently announced a new sales strategy: everyone who has contact with customers would be involved in the sales process. This rattled a few employees who said their job is to help people, not sell to them.

Marquette University today announced it is moving into the area of open online education with an introductory course in investing.

Employers and human resource managers throughout southeastern Wisconsin are invited to attend the BizTimes Media Health Care Reform Breakfast Forum, which will take place on the morning of Friday, Sept. 13, at the new Milwaukee Marriott Downtown.

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