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Pewaukee financial advisory firm Ellenbecker Investment Group has launched a Money Sense Smartphone app, making it one of the first financial planning and consulting firms to do so.

Metropolitan Milwaukee is the top-ranked metro market in the nation for hiring prospects in the next three months, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey released today.

Racine-based Johnson Bank has hired and promoted several employees.

William D. Goodman, CPA, president of Schenck SC in Brookfield, has received a Distinguished Career Award from the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Modest gains were posted in metro area economic indicators for April as 12 of 23 monthly indicators tracked by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) improved from year-ago levels.

In the eight years since he founded Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg has become one of the richest men on the planet. Facebook is on target to earn over $4 billion of revenue this year. How many startups do you know can claim that track record?

In a recent article about The American Club in Kohler, I provided a number of examples of superior customer service. Christine Loose, the American Club hospitality manager, calls these experiences a surprise for their guests.

In addition to the lessons we've learned from hundreds of Wisconsin/Michigan TEC members over the years, a special thanks to Jeremiah Wilson, a Vistage resource, for his thinking on this issue.

Students graduating from high school this month are making critical career path decisions that will determine their life's arc at a time when such decisions have never been more complex or uncertain.

Effective Aug. 1, Wilson Jones, Oshkosh Corp. executive vice president and president of its Access Equipment segment, will be promoted to president and chief operating officer of the company.