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National grocery chain ALDI plans to hold a hiring event for greater Milwaukee on Wednesday, Aug. 28, to fill positions such as cashiers, shift managers and manager trainees for area stores.

In one of the digital news feeds I subscribe to, it was reported Wednesday that the United Nations was calling an emergency security meeting to investigate allegations that the Syrian government has used deadly chemicals on its citizens who were protesting.

The U.S. stock market has sputtered this week as analysts speculate 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.

Kohl's Department Stores today announced the renewal of its partnership with Hunger Task Force with a donation of $1.5 million over the next three years to continue support of the Kohl's Serving Up Supper for Kids program, which provides nutritious meals to Milwaukee children in need throughout the summer months when school meals are not available.

Milwaukee-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. reported a fiscal fourth quarter net loss of $55.0 million, or $1.17 per share, compared with a net loss of $8.4 million, or 18 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Euro Plus, the developer of NiceLabel software, announced it has acquired all of the assets of Brookfield-based Niceware International through its subsidiary NiceLabel Americas Inc.

Minority-owned American banks are more generous with their customers when it comes to interest rates on certificates of deposit, according to a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Cudahy-based Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. has acquired the assets of the Southeast Drayage division of Transport Corporation of America Inc., a provider of intermodal transportation and related services in the Southeast.

Bank Mutual Corp. announced the appointment of Jeanne Zeske to vice president of commercial banking for southeastern Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin Association of Mutual Insurance Companies will host its 100th annual convention from Sunday, September 8 to Tuesday, September 10 at the Country Springs Hotel in Pewaukee.