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Milwaukee manufacturing trade organization The Paranet Group will host Crisis Communication—What Keeps You Up at Night? from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Thursday at its headquarters, 10000 Innovation Drive in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee frozen pizza manufacturer Palermo Villa Inc. has settled most of its outstanding issues with the National Labor Relations Board. The company has also requested the NLRB set a date for employee action on forming a union.

David Kohler, president of Kohler Co., has been named general chair of the 2015 PGA Championship, which will be held at Whistling Straits near Kohler.

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.

Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Inc. hosted an analyst meeting today, in conjunction with the debut of its 2014 motorcycles during the company's annual dealer meeting in Denver, Colo.

The Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership is collecting responses from manufacturers across the state for the 2013 Next Generation Manufacturing Study.

A complaint filed by a union member against Palermo Villa Inc. in March, which could have delayed a union vote there, has been withdrawn.

*Now through Friday, Aug. 30, The Salvation Army is running a school supplies drive to benefit students in Milwaukee....

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