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Milwaukee-based mutual and hedge fund service provider UMB Fund Services Inc. has grown its Investment Managers Series Trust to more than $3 billion in net assets.

The faculty at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (UWM) has received no general raises over the last five years, so it has become a target for poaching. The campus has lost 40 faculty members recently to competing institutions.

Nominations are being accepted for the 2013 Wisconsin Small Business Administration (SBA) Business Awards.

Gov. Scott Walker will host the second annual Governor’s Small Business Summit on Thursday, Nov. 8, at the La Crosse Center in La Crosse.

It’s safe to say Wisconsin has a mixed record when it comes to slogans and brands.

Quad/Graphics Inc. announced today it has reached a new $900 million-plus agreement with Time Inc. that significantly extends and expands its magazine print work for the New York publisher.

Milwaukee-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. announced it will complete its delivery of nearly $1 million in donated generators and pressure washers to an additional 58 American Red Cross chapters nationwide.

Silgan Containers will eliminate 38 jobs at its plant in Menomonee Falls at N90 W14600 Commerce Drive.

Southeastern Wisconsin business executives can become more enlightened leaders and learn about practical solutions to bridge the region's skills gap by attending the fourth annual BizTimes Get Smarter Conference.

The City of Milwaukee has invested $207,000 in the Mayor's Manufacturing Partnership, an initiative Mayor Tom Barrett announced in February that invests in manufacturing job creation.