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Employers are invited to attend the fifth annual BizTimes Get Smarter Conference, which will focus on how companies can use apprenticeships, internships and mentorships to develop their future workforce and become more productive.

Milwaukee’s tallest building, the U.S. Bank Center, went “green” this week when the building’s newly installed LED signs were turned on for the first time.

Port Washington-based Allen Edmonds Shoe Corp. announced the start of its annual Rediscover America national sales event, the company's largest sale of the year.

As Tesla Motors Inc. rolls out its revolutionary electric cars and builds its network of superchargers across the country, the company will have plenty of Wisconsin voltage fueling its journey.

Robert Arzbaecher, the outgoing chief executive officer of Menomonee Falls-based Actuant Corp., and Glen Hackmann, managing director, general counsel and secretary of Milwaukee-based Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc., will be co-chairs of the 2014 fund drive for the United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF) of Greater Milwaukee.

The Pfister Hotel is seeking applicants for its sixth Artist in Residence, who will take over the hotel’s in-house studio space for a year beginning in April 2014.

Racine-based Modine Manufacturing Co. a diversified global leader in thermal management technology and solutions, announced it has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire privately held Barkell Limited, a manufacturer of custom built air handling units located in Consett (County Durham), United Kingdom.

Pereles Bros. Inc., a Milwaukee-based plastic injection molding company, has been purchased through an equity buyout by business partners Steve Iram and Jim Gannon.