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Milwaukee attorney Amy Lindner has been named president and chief executive officer of Meta House in Milwaukee.

Economists at the National Restaurant Association say that Wisconsin’s restaurant industry will hire 16,000 employees this summer, increasing their workforce by 9 percent between March and August to handle the busy summer season.

The Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce Economic Outlook Survey in May found that 51 percent of the WMC’s members said they will be expanding in Wisconsin over the next two years.

The seasonally adjusted ISM-Milwaukee Manufacturing Report, compiled by Marquette University’s Center for Supply Chain Management, jumped in May to 57.7 from 52.9 in April, indicating rising production rates at factories in the southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois region.

Prioritized LLC, a new boutique advisory management firm in Milwaukee, has launched the first round of the Wisconsin Business Heartbeat, a statewide census survey that will capture ongoing information about how Wisconsin companies stack up in the national and global marketplace.

Wall Street chatter about the outlook for Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Inc. is heating up, sparked by the recent sale of millions of dollars of HOG stock by company insiders.

Beginning June 2, architecture fans can explore Frank Lloyd Wright’s transformative Prairie-Style designs at a new free gallery opening on S.C. Johnson’s historic Wright-designed campus in Racine.

During 2011, my first year as executive director of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA), a major transformation took place to assist Governor Walker with his ambitious statewide job creation goal.

U.S. Bank increased its Milwaukee-area small business lending by 20 percent in the first quarter, compared to the same period a year ago.

Waukesha-based CIB Marine Bancshares Inc., the holding company for Milwaukee's Marine Bank, has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to voluntarily deregister its common shares.