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Salaried employees in the Milwaukee market have seen pay increases of 2.6 percent in 2012, a tad below the national average of 2.8 percent, according to Aon Hewitt's Salary Increase Survey.

Image Systems of Menomoneee Falls will merge with The Printery in New Berlin, and the combined company will remain in New Berlin.

Delta Airlines has reportedly reached an agreement to purchase the naming rights for the Frontier Airlines Center in downtown Milwaukee.

A Brookfield based software company that could be a major player if federal health care reform announced today that it has received a $20 million funding boost from investors.

Low consumer spending continues to hamper The Bon-Ton Stores Inc., the owner and operator of the Boston Store chain.

Elite Sports Clubs announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Le Club, a health and fitness club located in Glendale.

American Banker, a financial services publication, has ranked Milwaukee business law firm Godfrey & Kahn S.C. as the “Top Lead Legal Advisor” in Wisconsin.

GE Healthcare, through its GE healthymagination Fund, has invested $20 million in Ornim Inc., an Israeli developer of a muscle and tissue monitor.

The Tammy-Tommy show in Wisconsin for the right to be the “51st U.S. senator” promises to be as defining as the Obama-Biden vs. Romney-Ryan run for the presidency. Both will be hard core fights about the ways and means of paying for different levels of federal government.

American Pasteurization Company, a Milwaukee-based high pressure processing company that serves the food manufacturing industry, will open a second facility in Sacramento, Calif.

The International Trade Administration (ITA) announced that Wisconsin merchandise exports increased 8 percent in the first half of 2012 compared with the same period in 2011, growing from $10.8 billion to $11.7 billion.

InnoWare Paper Company, a paper tableware manufacturer in Menomonee Falls, will close its doors on May 1. About 100 workers will be dislocated.