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Douglas Dynamics Inc., a Milwaukee-based designer and manufacturer of snow and ice control equipment for light trucks, reported a first quarter net loss of $4.3 million, or 19 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $0.8 million, or 4 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Menomonee Falls-based Magnetek Inc. reported first quarter net income of $6.9 million of $2.14, up from $971,000, or 30 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Gail Lione will be honored Thursday as the BizTimes Woman Executive of the Year. Lione will receive the award at the BizTimes Women in Business Breakfast, which will take place at the BizEpo.

I have just returned from digitalNow, an annual executive summit that brings together 250 CEOs and volunteer leaders from some of the most influential professional, nonprofit and trade associations in America, many with a global reach.

The American Chamber of Commerce in the People's Republic of China (AmCham China) is a nonprofit organization which represents U.S. companies and individuals doing business in China. AmCham China's membership comprises more than 2,600 individuals from more than 1,200 companies.

As the leader of a company or nonprofit organization, it is all too easy to get so caught up in the day-to-day grind of running a business. So much so, in fact, that we don't often take time to work ON our business because we are so busy working IN our business.

A panel of accomplished executives will be featured in the BizTimes Women in Business Conference to be held on the morning of Thursday, May 17, at the BizExpo at the Potawatomi Bingo Casino.

Kerry Flavor Systems US LLC plans to close its Waukesha location and lay off about 40 employees.

The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin has filed a lawsuit in Milwaukee County Circuit Court, alleging unfair business practices established by the City of Milwaukee's Ordinance 370, which provides race-based preferences in city contracts.