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Curtis Industries, a Milwaukee-based division of Powers Holdings, announced it has acquired Tri-Mag, Inc., which manufactures standard and customized power supplies.
 

A partnership with the U.S.-China Chamber of Commerce, the Changzhou Municipal Government, Asia- America Chamber of Commerce, World Trade Center Wisconsin and the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce will present "Changzhou Meets The USA: A Seminar on Bilateral Trade & Investment."
 

Menomonee Falls-based Actuant Corp. announced that its board of directors has authorized a plan to sell the company's Electrical segment.
 

Sturtevant metal fabrication company Racine Metal-Fab Ltd. unveiled its new 75,000-square-foot facility at an open house on Thursday, June 6.

Most people reading this have never tweeted. (You included?) On the off chance that you have tweeted, my guess is you have less than 5,000 Twitter followers – maybe less than 500.

Gallup's U.S. Job Creation Index increased to 22 in May, the highest score for any month since April 2008.
 

Upward advancement in a competitive company can feel like a race with bumper cars at the fair. Every “player” is careening around the track, ricocheting and banging into one another as they race to the goal. The winner is generally the one who can swerve to avoid all the bumps and smash ups with the other competitors.

I spoke with a group of recruiters recently, and one of the frustrations in the room (shared by most) was related to flexibility. It is becoming more and more challenging to oversee where employees are working and when.

The goal of an innovation initiative is to embed innovation into the organization's culture so it becomes a way of life, not a special effort. Just like purchasing, sales, production or quality control, innovation has to be a standard practice to make a difference.

When someone making small talk finds out I'm in sales training, almost every time, they reply with something like this: “Oh, that's interesting. You know, at the end of the day, isn't sales really all about relationships?”