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The fallout from Hurricane Sandy will be with us for years, and it will extend far beyond the devastation in New York City, New Jersey and other parts of the East Coast.

Many people suffer from triskaidekaphobia, the fear of the number 13. Instead of fearing it, embrace it and use it to your advantage in your social media marketing for 2013!

Social media marketing is undoubtedly powerful today. But may Facebook and Twitter be hurting the success and diminishing the role of a business?

Menomonee Falls-based diversified industrial company Actuant Corp. has announced two executive appointments.

A prominent coalition of professional economic forecasters is predicting more modest growth in 2013, but they expect the rate of growth to accelerate later in the year.

Readers of the BizTimes are invited to take the BizTimes New Year Dashboard Survey.

A daylong symposium to celebrate and nurture innovation in Milwaukee will be presented by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC), the Greater Milwaukee Committee (GMC) and the Harvard Business School Club of Wisconsin.

The Big Three U.S. automakers reported their best December sales since before the Great Recession hit in 2008.

Menomonee Falls-based Bradley Corp. announced it has purchased the assets of Keltech Inc. of Delton, Mich., and will operate the company as a wholly-owned subsidiary.

Gov. Scott Walker announced he will lead a trade mission to China in April to build trade ties between Wisconsin firms and Chinese businesses and investors.