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The Governor’s Council on Financial Literacy has awarded $250,000 in financial literacy grants to 24 school districts around the state, including three in the Milwaukee area.

Jack Nelson has been hired as senior vice president- financial advisor sales manager at Johnson Financial Group. He has...

Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Inc. reported that its second quarter profit of $247.25 million, up 29.7 percent from its 2011 second quarter profit of $190.58 million. Diluted earnings per share were $1.07, up 32 percent from 81 cents in the 2011 second quarter.

Green Bay-based Tosca Limited, a provider of reusable container pooling and logistics services to the food supply chain, announced it has acquired the reusable plastic container division of Georgia-Pacific LLC.

Brookfield-based Fiserv Inc. has a banner second quarter with a 79 percent increase in net income to $161 million, or $1.17 dilutes earnings per share.

On a normal Monday morning commute, I drive by the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek along Howell Avenue on my way to work in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward.

Wiscraft Inc., a Milwaukee contract machining, packaging and assembly facility that provides work for the visually impaired, has changed its name to Beyond Vision.

SPX Transformer Solutions will hold an investor event on Tuesday, Sept. 11, starting at 8:30 a.m. at its facility, 400 S. Prairie Avenue in Waukesha.

Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Inc. reported that its second quarter profit of $247.25 million, up 29.7 percent from its 2011 second quarter profit of $190.58 million. Diluted earnings per share were $1.07, up 32 percent from 81 cents in the 2011 second quarter.

Racine-based Johnson Outdoors Inc. reported fiscal year third quarter net income of $9 million, up 10.8 percent from the previous fiscal third quarter. Net sales were $128.6 million, up five percent.