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Milwaukee-based Koss Corp. announced a partnership with Mossy Oak.

Racine-based Johnson Outdoors Inc. unveiled a plan to improve the profit profile of its Watercraft business.

Bradley Corporation has opened its new Germantown plant, a 190,000-square-foot facility in Germantown Business Park.

Mayor Tom Barrett announced that Milwaukee has joined President Barack Obama’s Better Buildings Challenge, pledging to reduce the city’s commercial energy consumption 20 percent by 2020.

Wisconsin's economy could get a boost if Congress moves quickly to take advantage of new trade opportunities with Russia. Congressional inaction, on the other hand, would allow other countries' companies to get into the market first and gain a competitive edge over companies from Wisconsin and the United States.

Veolia Environmental Services launched its women in leadership program last October as a way to help increase diversity at its senior leader table. Last week, the company expanded that program further with its recycling ambassador sponsorship of the U.S. Women's Open in Kohler.

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The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits last week fell sharply to their lowest level in four years, according to a new report released today by the U.S. Department of Labor.

The number of people filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits in Wisconsin last week spiked nearly 47 percent from the prior week, according to the latest estimate released today by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

The four-county metropolitan Milwaukee housing market posted additional sales gains in June. The region’s housing market had a 25.8 percent increase in sales during June and a 28.6 percent increase in sales during the second quarter, according to the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors (GMAR).