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New Glarus Brewing co-founder and president Deborah Carey was among a group of small business owners who met with President Barack Obama on Wednesday in the White House, where she praised Obama for his work on health care and urged him to consider higher taxes for investors.

Wisconsin's exports totaled $17.4 billion from January to September, which is an increase of 6.4 percent over the same period in 2011, according to a new report by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC).

Following a meeting this week with the President, as well as conversations with Congressional leaders, I am more convinced than ever that a budget deal to avoid the 'fiscal cliff' must and can be found.

Johnson Outdoors Inc. reported a net loss for the fiscal fourth quarter of $3.2 million, or 32 cents per share, compared with net income of $17.3 million, or $1.77 per share, in the same period a year ago.

Milwaukee medical equipment parts distributor Alpha Source Inc. has assembled 100 gifts that will be sent to children globally through Operation Christmas Child, a project of international relief nonprofit Samaritan’s Purse.

The Milwaukee-area manufacturing sector continued to decline in November, but at a slower rate than in the previous month, according to a report released by the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

Wisconsin’s manufacturing sector added 11,786 jobs from June 2011 to June 2012, an increase of 2.6 percent, according to a state Department of Workforce Development report released Friday.

Green Bay Packers lineman Josh Sitton will sign photographs at AT&T’s Glendale location on Tuesday, Dec. 4, during a food collection hosted by the store in support of Hunger Task Force.

The Milwaukee Repertory Theater has been selected as one of 832 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) as part of its Art Works grant, according to an announcement made by NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman Wednesday.

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee are hosting an online toy drive through Dec. 31 to benefit thousands of kids and teenagers in southeastern Wisconsin.