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Milwaukee-based Lubar & Co. announced it has acquired Marinette-based ChemDesign Inc.

Fiat Industrial S.p.A. and CNH Global N.V. announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to combine the businesses of Fiat Industrial and CNH, creating a new company that so far is being called NewCo.

New Glarus Brewing co-founder and president Deborah Carey was among a group of small business owners who met with President Barack Obama on Wednesday in the White House, where she praised Obama for his work on health care and urged him to consider higher taxes for investors.

Wisconsin's exports totaled $17.4 billion from January to September, which is an increase of 6.4 percent over the same period in 2011, according to a new report by the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC).

Following a meeting this week with the President, as well as conversations with Congressional leaders, I am more convinced than ever that a budget deal to avoid the 'fiscal cliff' must and can be found.

Johnson Outdoors Inc. reported a net loss for the fiscal fourth quarter of $3.2 million, or 32 cents per share, compared with net income of $17.3 million, or $1.77 per share, in the same period a year ago.

Milwaukee medical equipment parts distributor Alpha Source Inc. has assembled 100 gifts that will be sent to children globally through Operation Christmas Child, a project of international relief nonprofit Samaritan’s Purse.

The Milwaukee-area manufacturing sector continued to decline in November, but at a slower rate than in the previous month, according to a report released by the Institute for Supply Management-Milwaukee.

*Friday, Nov. 30, Arté, a wine and painting studio in Wauwatosa, will host Party 4 Good in support of...

Marquette University president Scott Pilarz, S.J., has an update on the progress the school is making in creating a vision for its future.