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Cellular phones have become an ubiquitous part of society, making anyone who owns one accessible 24/7, whether they want it or not. That fact hasn’t escaped the notice of telephone solicitors, who have expanded their target market to include both landlines and cellular phones.

Actuant Corp. has announced that it expects to report a non-cash pre-tax asset impairment charge of approximately $60 million in its fourth quarter operating results.

With winter just around the corner, Milwaukee-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. has unveiled two new snow blower engines.

Waukesha-based Generac Holdings Inc., a designer and manufacturer of generators and other engine powered products, has announced the appointment of Tim Sullivan as a member of its board of directors.

Joy Global Inc. has announced that Michael Olsen, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will retire on Feb. 1, 2013.

The Center for Business Performance Solutions at Waukesha County Technical College has been awarded a $134,000 Workforce Advancement Training grant to aid its partnership with Aries Industries Inc.

Johnson Controls announced today it plans to eliminate lead-processing operations from its facility in Kangqiao battery plant in response to the Shanghai Municipal government's efforts to end lead manufacturing in the area.

Schenck SC and Corporate Report Wisconsin are conducting a statewide survey to gain insight and come up with solutions to the labor shortage among manufacturers in Wisconsin.

Tony Evers, Wisconsin's elected state superintendent of public instruction, delivered his 2012 State of Education Address in the State Capitol Rotunda on Thursday.

Wisconsin's unemployment rate increased to 7.5 percent in July, from 7.3 percent the month before, even though 4,300 new private-sector jobs were added. The latest jobs numbers show that about 19,000 jobs have been created since Walker took office in 2011.