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With graduations happening across the state, great talent is ready to join Wisconsin's workforce. We have high school, technical college, four-year and graduate students completing their diplomas, credentials, and degrees.

Entrepreneurial skills accelerator The Commons has moved from Walker's Point to the Ward4 co-working space in the Historic Pritzlaff Building near Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward.

Entrepreneurial skills accelerator The Commons has moved from Walker's Point to the Ward4 co-working space in the Historic Pritzlaff Building near Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward.

"There are endless opportunities for growth and advancement right here in Wisconsin."
- Ian Abston, Young Professional and co-founder of NEWaukee

Marquette University president Michael Lovell today announced the inaugural recipients of the Milwaukee university's innovation fund awards.

Germantown-based GO Riteway Transportation Group plans to hire 280 employees over the next four months.

EMV cards are coming to the United States. Card issuers are migrating to chip technology, and many large merchants are going to be ready with chip-enabled point-of-sale devices by the deadline (generally October 2015) imposed by the card associations (Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express). Before you know it, cards with embedded microprocessor chips will be as prevalent in the U.S. as they are in Europe.

Glendale-based global diversified industrial company Johnson Controls Inc. has announced it is reviewing strategic options for its automotive business. Those options include a joint venture, a sale or a spinoff.

Milwaukee-based ManpowerGroup has announced it plans to acquire German human resource services provider 7S Group for $154.1 million.

Milwaukee-based Wisconsin Energy Corp. received the approval of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on Friday, and is waiting on the approval of just one more state before it can finalize its $9.1 billion acquisition of Integrys Energy Group.