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Waukesha-based staffing firm Core Business Solutions LLC has acquired Milwaukee-based boutique search firm Beal Associates.

BMO Harris Bank has joined the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce, as its first platinum founding member.

Madison-based Summit Credit Union and West Allis-based Greater Milwaukee Credit Union will merge their companies on December 1.

It wasn't easy, but Keith Wandell has turned the tide at Harley-Davidson. As he evaluated the global, yearlong 110th anniversary celebration that concluded in Milwaukee last week, Wandell reflected Monday on the dire position the company was in at its 105th anniversary.

MillerCoors is using less water to brew its beers, according to the 2013 MillerCoors Sustainability Report.

The Milwaukee area manufacturing sector reversed its growth trend by declining in August, according to the latest report from the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

Hanna Cylinders, a manufacturer of industrial grade tie-rod and custom engineered cylinders, plans to move all of its operations from Libertyville, Ill. to Pleasant Prairie, the Kenosha Area Business Alliance (KABA) announced.

I was recently reminded of the value of manufacturing. A couple weeks ago, I spent some time in Mexico, observing our excellent operations there. Later, I was a speaker at Walmart's summit on American manufacturing. There, we announced an initiative to increase our lighting share at Walmart and create new manufacturing jobs in the U.S.

Sussex-based manufacturer SussexIM has purchased the North American cosmetic compact business of Albea Group.

Carma Laboratories Inc., the Franklin-based maker of Carmex lip balms and skin care products, announced the introduction of a new fragrance-free healing cream.