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The Direct Supply Technology Center at MSOE opened this week, according to an announcement by Direct Supply, Inc. on Tuesday. Occupying more than 9,000 square feet in the German-English Academy building on MSOE’s campus, the center has the capacity to hold 60 Direct Supply computer engineers and technology interns.

In this hotly contested election season, both major parties are accusing one another of distorting the truth. Both quote fact-checking operations in their ads. And both claim the fact-checkers are biased when they disagree with the findings. How can we as voters get at the truth?

ART Milwaukee and NEWaukee are teaming up to unite Milwaukee for a Saturday of live music, live art and even a live yoga lesson on the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge. The first annual Wisconsin Avenue Bridge Celebration, to be held Saturday, Sept. 22, will include performances by Milwaukee-area bands, a Riverwalk Art Walk showcasing more than 50 Milwaukee artists, and dancers featured on two stages.

For hundreds of BizTimes readers, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan’s debut as an ardent and vocal opponent of the Obama administration came back on Jan. 20, 2010, when Ryan unveiled a video to the attendees of the Northern Trust Economic Trends Breakfast presented by BizTimes.

A surge of back-to-school sales helped most U.S. retailers ring their cash registers in August, according to the latest monthly totals.

Journal Broadcast Group, a subsidiary of Milwaukee news company Journal Communications Inc., has announced it will acquire WTVF NewsChannel 5 Network in Nashville, Tenn.

U.S. home prices rose for a second month in June, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Index, which showed the strongest back-to-back monthly advance in the more than decade-long history of the price gauge.

BMO Financial Group, the Toronto-based parent company of BMO Harris Bank, reported third quarter net income of $970 million (Canadian), up 37 percent from the same period a year ago.

Joy Global Inc. reported third quarter net income of $193.6 million, or $1.81 per share, up from $173.1 million, or $1.62 per share, in the same period a year ago.

Mary Kay Merkt has been named senior vice president, director of vendor management and procurement at Johnson Financial Group...