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Menomonee Falls-based Kohl's Corp. reported first quarter net income of $127 million, or 63 cents per share, up from $125 million, or 60 cents per share, in the first quarter of 2014.

Milwaukee-based grocery store operator Roundy's Inc. reported a fiscal first quarter net loss of $4.5 million, or 12 cents lost per share, compared with a net loss of $2.3 million, or 1 cent lost per share, in the first quarter of 2014.

Milwaukee-based Badger Truck Center has acquired New Glarus Motors in New Glarus.

Milwaukee-based ZBB Energy Corp. reported a fiscal third quarter net loss of $3.5 million, or 9 cents per share, compared with net income of $8,930, or 0 cents per share, in the third quarter of 2014.

Highland Investment Advisors has relocated from Milwaukee to a larger office in Mequon.

In 2011, 17 percent of the leadership roles at Associated Bank were filled by women. By 2014, that figure had grown to 27 percent, thanks in large part to the founding of the Associated Women’s Network.

A $40 million private K-12 school has been proposed for a plot of land along South 5th Street and South 5th Place in Milwaukee.

The City of Milwaukee will host its 7th annual Small Business Sustainability Conference on Wednesday, June 3, from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at ManpowerGroup headquarters, 100 Manpower Place in Milwaukee.

Skilled trade jobs have been the hardest to fill for six consecutive years, according to the U.S. results of the latest Talent Shortage Survey conducted by Milwaukee-based ManpowerGroup.

I define attitude as, “The way you dedicate yourself to the way you think.” Think negative or think positive is a choice and a process. Negative is (unfortunately) an instinctive process. Positive is a learned self-discipline that must be studied and practiced every day.