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McGee Young, associate professor of political science at Marquette University, has been named the first Entrepreneur Faculty Fellow for 2012 under the university’s Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship, according to an announcement Wednesday.

Michael E. Moeller, President of Remy Battery Co. Inc.Company address: 4301 W. Lincoln Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53219Website: www.remybattery.comIndustry: Wholesale/retail...

"What's been really important is over the last 25 years, it is still a business that is run by...

The Direct Supply Technology Center at MSOE opened this week, according to an announcement by Direct Supply, Inc. on Tuesday. Occupying more than 9,000 square feet in the German-English Academy building on MSOE’s campus, the center has the capacity to hold 60 Direct Supply computer engineers and technology interns.

In this hotly contested election season, both major parties are accusing one another of distorting the truth. Both quote fact-checking operations in their ads. And both claim the fact-checkers are biased when they disagree with the findings. How can we as voters get at the truth?

ART Milwaukee and NEWaukee are teaming up to unite Milwaukee for a Saturday of live music, live art and even a live yoga lesson on the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge. The first annual Wisconsin Avenue Bridge Celebration, to be held Saturday, Sept. 22, will include performances by Milwaukee-area bands, a Riverwalk Art Walk showcasing more than 50 Milwaukee artists, and dancers featured on two stages.

Friday, Sept. 7, through Sunday, Sept. 9, Indian Summer Festival will take place at Henry Maier Festival Park,...

For hundreds of BizTimes readers, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan’s debut as an ardent and vocal opponent of the Obama administration came back on Jan. 20, 2010, when Ryan unveiled a video to the attendees of the Northern Trust Economic Trends Breakfast presented by BizTimes.

U.S. home prices rose for a second month in June, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Index, which showed the strongest back-to-back monthly advance in the more than decade-long history of the price gauge.