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Pewaukee financial advisory firm Ellenbecker Investment Group has launched a Money Sense Smartphone app, making it one of the first financial planning and consulting firms to do so.

Metropolitan Milwaukee is the top-ranked metro market in the nation for hiring prospects in the next three months, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey released today.

Racine-based Johnson Bank has hired and promoted several employees.

William D. Goodman, CPA, president of Schenck SC in Brookfield, has received a Distinguished Career Award from the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Modest gains were posted in metro area economic indicators for April as 12 of 23 monthly indicators tracked by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) improved from year-ago levels.

The board of directors of Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation Inc. authorized the company to expend up to an additional $1 billion to repurchase shares of the company's common stock.

Baird Capital Partners (BCP), the U.S.-based buyout fund of Baird Private Equity, announced that its portfolio company American Auto Auction Group LLC (AAAG) has acquired Badger State Auto Auctions Inc.

In the eight years since he founded Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg has become one of the richest men on the planet. Facebook is on target to earn over $4 billion of revenue this year. How many startups do you know can claim that track record?

In a recent article about The American Club in Kohler, I provided a number of examples of superior customer service. Christine Loose, the American Club hospitality manager, calls these experiences a surprise for their guests.

In addition to the lessons we've learned from hundreds of Wisconsin/Michigan TEC members over the years, a special thanks to Jeremiah Wilson, a Vistage resource, for his thinking on this issue.