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Thomas Bolger, chief executive officer of Johnson Financial Group and Racine-based Johnson Bank, and Helen Johnson-Leipold, chairman of the board, announced that the previously announced Johnson family investment of $235 million in the company has been approved by the Federal Reserve Bank.

The Wisconsin chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth held the final round of its annual ACG Cup competition on Saturday.

Tennis is on my mind lately for several reasons. My condo in Florida is within a “yacht and tennis community,” so I’m surrounded by courts and the pleasant “whack” of a racket on a ball. (No yacht of any kind.)

"Necessity Is the Mother of Taking Chances,” — Mark Twain

There's an old Abbott and Costello vaudeville routine that has become a reality. For awhile, we didn't know who was on first.

When did we start twirling the truth instead of telling it? “Authentic communication” seems like an oxymoron these days.

My last post detailed a number of encouraged, restricted and prohibited agriculture and mining opportunities in China as listed in the “2012 Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue,” recently implemented by the National Development and Reform Commission and the State Administration of Commerce. The publication contains a list of the areas China is encouraging, restricting and prohibiting foreigners to be involved in.

BizTimes Media will host the 11th annual Northern Trust Economic Trends Breakfast on Friday, Jan. 20 at the Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago St., beginning at 7:30 a.m. Following the event, attendees will have the opportunity to attend one of two exclusive workshops conducted by Milwaukee area business professionals.
The workshops will be held in breakout rooms at the Italian Community Center from 9:45 to 10:30 a.m.

We are turning things around.  We are heading in the right direction.  We are moving Wisconsin forward. In 2011, we...

If, as a company leader, you did not lose a heartbeat over the bankruptcy filing of Kodak, Barnes and...