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Junior Achievement’s Free Enterprise Golf Invitational brought together 29 foursomes from more than 30 local companies to benefit the youth organization’s K-12 programming efforts centered on economic success.

Among the Wisconsin State Fair's new and most exotic menu items is Apollo Gyros' deluxe deep-fried bacon-wrapped cheddar hot dog on a stick. Inventor Dan Graf came up with the combo exclusively for the fair.

The Milwaukee School of Engineering has created a Social Media for Business certification program to help engineering, business and technical professionals advance their social media skills, develop social business strategies and tailor their strategies to their companies' needs.

Today, the Commerce Department reported the deficit on international trade in goods and services was $42.9 billion in June.

Can’t be done, you say? Then explain to me how the Quad-Cities, a metro market less than a quarter the size of Milwaukee, can sustain a PGA tournament.

Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson Inc. reported that its second quarter profit of $247.25 million, up 29.7 percent from its 2011 second quarter profit of $190.58 million. Diluted earnings per share were $1.07, up 32 percent from 81 cents in the 2011 second quarter.

Green Bay-based Tosca Limited, a provider of reusable container pooling and logistics services to the food supply chain, announced it has acquired the reusable plastic container division of Georgia-Pacific LLC.

Brookfield-based Fiserv Inc. has a banner second quarter with a 79 percent increase in net income to $161 million, or $1.17 dilutes earnings per share.

The poor housing market and large number of foreclosures continues to plague Milwaukee-based MGIC Investment Corp., which reported that its second quarter loss increased by 80.5 percent to $273.89 million.

BMO Financial Group announced the creation of BMO Harris Financial Advisors, a dedicated network of professionals committed to serving the financial planning and wealth management needs of BMO Harris Bank clients.