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BizTimes Milwaukee will present its 2013 Woman Executive of the Year Award to Maria Monreal-Cameron, president and chief executive officer of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin (HCCW).

Best Buddies Wisconsin has launched a campaign to “Spread the Word to End the Word” as a way to encourage students throughout Milwaukee to stop using the “R-word” in derogatory ways.

Green Bay Packer icon Donald Driver will take the stage at Sharp Literacy, Inc.’s annual fundraiser this fall to speak to the importance of building literacy skills beginning in early childhood.

A recent BizTimes.com poll asked if a regional sales tax should be used to help finance a new arena to replace the Bradley Center in Milwaukee.

Marissa Mayer, Yahoo! Inc.’s chief executive officer, caused quite a stir when she banned telecommuting from home. All Yahoo! employees must report to their offices starting in June, or find a new company to work for. In a memo sent to internal employees, Mayer says that speed and quality are often sacrificed when work is done from home and in order to have the best communication and collaboration, employees need to be working side-by-side.

Tiffany Weber @tiffanyannweber I JUST QUIT MY JOB! A lot of it because of @stevejagler. ow.ly/hKJxu.

Wisconsin banks reported net income of $839 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, up dramatically from $488 million in fourth quarter 2011, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s Quarterly Banking Profile.

Waterstone Mortgage Corp. is expanding into the greater Milwaukee area with a new office in West Allis.

HY Connect, an independent marketing and communications firm with offices in Milwaukee and Chicago, has acquired lonelybrand, a digital marketing agency operating in Chicago.

Dan Blake, project manager for a California electronic medical records installation at Epic Systems, will leave his post and join the Wisconsin Technology Council as the director of its Wisconsin Angel Network in mid-March.