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Veolia Environmental Services launched its women in leadership program last October as a way to help increase diversity at its senior leader table. Last week, the company expanded that program further with its recycling ambassador sponsorship of the U.S. Women's Open in Kohler.

The standard advertising proposition works something like this:

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits last week fell sharply to their lowest level in four years, according to a new report released today by the U.S. Department of Labor.

The four-county metropolitan Milwaukee housing market posted additional sales gains in June. The region’s housing market had a 25.8 percent increase in sales during June and a 28.6 percent increase in sales during the second quarter, according to the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors (GMAR).

The number of people filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits in Wisconsin last week spiked nearly 47 percent from the prior week, according to the latest estimate released today by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

BrightScope, a provider of independent financial information and investment research, unveiled its 2012 list of the top 25 Registered Investment Advisor (RIA) firms in the Milwaukee area.

Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of insurance broker White Plains, N.Y.-based Marsh Inc., has announced the acquisition of Wisconsin-based Security Insurance Services Inc., which has offices in New Berlin and Appleton.

At the midway pole, the economy continues to recover.

Robert Buerger has been named senior vice president and chief lending officer at ISB Community Bank in Ixonia.

Dennis Lynch has been appointed to the Fiserv Inc. board of directors. Brookfield-based Fiserv provides financial services technology solutions to a global market.