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Pewaukee-based PJs Plumbing Company Inc. has acquired J.D. Wilson Plumbing LLC of Merton.

First Business Financial Services Inc. was recently ranked as the 15th top-performing mid-sized public bank in the country.

The Wisconsin Mortgage Bankers Association has named seven new leaders to its board of directors and leadership team for 2012-2013.

Dorner Mfg. Corp. has partnered with Incline Equity Partners of Pittsburgh to assist in its growth plans. Rich Ryan, former COO of Dorner, has also been named the CEO of the company.

Milwaukee Area Technical College graduated 12 dislocated workers from an accelerated bilingual CNC program last week.

Dozens of plant workers at Milwaukee-based Palermo's Pizza are on strike and say the company has engaged in union-busting tactics as employees tried to form a union, according to Voces De La Frontera, an immigrant rights group and low wage worker center that is working with the Palermo's employees. The workers walked off the job 15 days ago.

President and CEO Jim Kettinger has become shareholder of Kenosha-based IEA Inc. and merged the firm into a new company called Engendren.

American Pasteurization Company, a Milwaukee food toll processor, has partnered with Livermore, Calif.-based The National Food Lab, a food and beverage consulting and testing company, to expand its capabilities.

On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The Senate voted the legislation through on December 24, 2009, on a straight party-line vote: 60-39. The House vote on March 21, 2010 was less partisan and much closer: 219-212, with 34 Democrats voting nay. The bill’s ostensible purpose was to establish universal health coverage and provide health insurance for 30 million uninsured Americans.

The Harley-Davidson Museum will unveil its Worn to Be Wild: The Black Leather Jacket exhibit this Saturday, June 16.