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*Thursday, Nov. 15, the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design’s Creativity Series will kick off with a discussion open...

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Wayne Wiertzema, President of Wangard Partners Inc. Company address: 1200 N. Mayfair Road, Wauwatosa, WI 53226Website: www.wangard.comIndustry: Commercial real estate...

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Milwaukee-based The Boerke Company Inc. announced that it has added three additional brokers: Rand Wolf, formerly a senior vice president and industrial broker for CBRE; Kristian Sydow, formerly vice president of retail brokerage for Grubb & Ellis|Apex Commercial and Nathan Powers, former retail broker for Grubb & Ellis|Apex Commercial.

AT&T Inc. announced Wednesday it has turned on its 4G LTE network in the Milwaukee market, bringing customers the latest generation of wireless network technology.

Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. has announced Jason Aldean as the first big headliner scheduled for Summerfest 2013.

America's high-speed rail program is experiencing the best of times. Congress has appropriated more than $10 billion for the effort in the past three years. Thirty-two states and the District of Columbia are advancing numerous projects. And about 62 percent of Americans say they would use high-speed rail service between U.S. metro areas, according to the American Public Transportation Association.

Of late some mud has been slung at the newly formed Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC). Much of it deserved. The agency discovered it had failed to track nearly $9 million in loans that are not current, the chief financial officer resigned and Governor Walker brought in a new interim leader while suggesting he would be discussing a series of dramatic moves with the board. WEDC will seek new leadership in a national search as Paul Jadin, former WEDC CEO, jumped ship to run Thrive, the economic development partnership for the Madison area.

October sales of existing homes in the metropolitan Milwaukee housing market were up 32.8 percent compared with the same month a year ago.