Ideas

The downtown Milwaukee condo market, which has been in a major downturn since the Great Recession, is showing signs of life.

Milwaukee-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. today unveiled two new Husqvarna pressure washers it is manufacturing.

In celebration of its 5th anniversary, Milwaukee Food Tours will host a Milwaukee Foodie Scavenger hunt beginning on Friday, May 4.

A collective sigh of relief came out of the Milwaukee County Courthouse when Supervisor Marina Dimitrijevic was appointed by her peers to be the new county board chair, succeeding the often confrontational and controversial Lee Holloway.

First-time unemployment claims fell nationally last week for the first time in a month to just slightly above a four-year low, according to the latest data from the U.S. Department of Labor.

The title of a new book immediately caught my eye: “1501 Ways To Reward Employees.”
The subtitles state, “Low-Cost and No-Cost Ideas. Best Practices. Latest Trends. Proven Strategies. Ways to Motivate the Millennial Generation.”

Green Bay-based Lexington Homes Inc. plans to build a 176-unit apartment development on a 9.8-acre site south of Prairie Ridge Boulevard, between 91st and 94th Avenues, in the Prairie Ridge subdivision in Pleasant Prairie. The site is southeast of St. Catherine’s Medical Center.

There is one sacred activity that every sales staff member holds near and dear to his or her heart. Though every company's sales department might carry out this tradition a little differently, it remains true to its core function.

Associated Bank hires five new leaders

Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Inc. reported first quarter net income of $172.0 million, or 74 cents per share, up from $119.3 million, or 51 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.