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Wired Wisconsin, a nonprofit coalition of businesses and organizations focused on enhancing technology throughout the state, is promoting the E-Cycle Wisconsin program this holiday season as a reminder to residents of the importance of recycling old electronics.

In its second year, Milwaukee Winter Fest will offer more than 50 rides, games and activities with an aim to draw a broader audience.

As we approach the end of 2012, and with the holidays upon us, many Americans will be giving gifts in December by way of a check. This year is unique because the Fiscal Cliff is also upon us. Some people will be writing very large, multimillion-dollar checks to family members with the hopes of taking advantage of favorable tax conditions in advance of the Fiscal Cliff. Those taxpayers may become victims of their own generosity.

Are employees at your company receiving holiday bonuses this year? Respond to the BizTimes Poll Question today.

*Now through Saturday, Dec. 22, The Alchemist Theatre presents “A Kick in the Dickens,” a holiday comedy improv show....

The Lawrence University Board of Trustees has named Mark Burstein, executive vice president of Princeton University, as the college's 16th president.

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Wisconsin home sales continued to grow at a robust pace in November, extending a strong growth trend that started in July last year.

As we prepare to discard the calendar of a tumultuous and often nasty 2012 in Wisconsin, it’s time to launch into 2013 with a clean slate and try to begin the year with no grudges and a spirit of compromise.

First Business Financial Services Inc., the parent company for First Business Bank in Madison and First Business Bank-Milwaukee, announced the closing of its previously announced public offering of 1.1 million shares of common stock at $23.00 per share.