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VictorySpark, Inc., in association with Milwaukee-based VETransfer has received a grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to launch a seed accelerator focused Veteran-initiated startups.

It's hard for Wisconsin business people to tell the differences between the four candidates to become the 51st GOP senator this fall, because they agreed on so many issues, mainly that the United States is on a course for financial disaster.

ManpowerGroup and Competitive Wisconsin Inc. (CWI) are partnering to help Wisconsin's business, government and academic leaders address the state's short-term skills gap and its longer-term need to build a sustainable and globally competitive talent pool that empowers workers and meets employers' needs.

Southeastern Wisconsin business executives are more optimistic about the direction of their companies in the second half of the year than they were when the year began, according to the latest BizTimes Business Dashboard Survey.

Appleton Papers Inc. announced is discontinuing its proposal to be acquired by Hicks Acquisition Company II Inc., a special purpose acquisition company operated by billionaire Thomas Hicks.

Waterford-based Runzheimer International, a global leader in Total Employee Mobility solutions, has acquired Canadian GPS technology firm SatLogix Inc., an innovator of vehicle mileage tracking devices and cloud-based mileage management platforms.

Data Dimensions, a Janesville-based producer of business process automation (BPA) solutions, announced it has acquired Data Exchange Center Inc. located in Brown Deer.

Investment managers are becoming less positive on the U.S. economy and corporate earnings due to the expected negative impact of a recession in Europe and slower growth in China, according to a survey conducted in the second quarter by Northern Trust Bank.

Chicago-based Taylor Capital Group Inc. announced that Cole Taylor Bank is expanding its commercial banking business into southeastern Wisconsin through the opening of a new office in Franklin.

Hartland-based Town Bank plans to open a new office in a freestanding building in The Woodlands Market retail center in Menomonee Falls. The bank will hold a grand opening in the late summer or early fall.