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As approximately 9,000 people between age 21 and 40 leave Wisconsin each year, according to figures from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, Newaukee is banding together with other young professional groups in the state to begin reversing that brain drain.

In an effort to advocate for Milwaukee’s African American-owned business community, father-daughter team Curtiss Harris and Lynn Harris Farmer have launched a digital directory of black-owned businesses in the area.

Southeastern Wisconsin economic indicators continue to operate at a high level, with nearly three-quarters of local factors tracked by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC) pointing in a positive direction in February.

Under new ownership, the Milwaukee Bucks made significant strides by building a young pool of talent on the court this season.

Brown Deer-based Bank Mutual Corp. has launched Business Edge Online, a new digital banking platform that has improved business banking functions and a new business mobile app for iOS and Android.

The Milwaukee 7 Regional Economic Development Partnership has been selected to participate in a program to create a foreign direct investment plan for the Milwaukee region.

Milwaukee-based Journal Communications Inc. and The E.W. Scripps Co. have completed their merger and spin-off transactions.

Mequon-based AccuVal-LiquiTec has merged with the Gordon Brothers Group's valuation and advisory services division to form Gordon Brothers-AccuVal.

Milwaukee-based Physicians Realty Trust announced it has made $234 million in nine acquisitions of 23 properties in nine states since January 1.

Mequon-based Spectrum Investment Advisors has been named a finalist for the 2015 Retirement Plan Adviser Team of the Year by Plansponsor magazine.