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A panel of accomplished female business leaders will share their insights at the 2012 BizTimes Women in Business Breakfast, which also will feature the presentation of the BizTimes Woman Executive of the Year to Gail Lione.

Bob Wills is committed to the local food movement in Milwaukee, which is why he decided to open his new cheesemaking facility right in the heart of the city.

The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce's Council of Small Business Executives will launch a campaign this week to raise $75,000 for Second Chance Partners for Education's new education center.

The pace of growth for manufacturing in southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois slowed in March, according to the latest Institute of Supply Management (ISM)-Marquette University Monthly Survey on Manufacturing Activity.

The Government Accountability Board this morning certified the recall elections against Gov. Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, setting the stage for May 8 primary elections, if necessary, and June 5 general elections.

The purpose of this white paper is to estimate the economic impacts that the Bradley Center, a sports and entertainment venue in the City of Milwaukee, has on the metro Milwaukee area.1 These impacts include the gross impacts of the Bradley Center's operations as well as net impacts generated by new dollars flowing into the area that otherwise would not have been generated.

The winners of the 13th Annual Milwaukee Awards for Neighborhood Development Innovation (MANDI) Awards were announced earlier this week at a gala event at the Pfister Hotel. The MANDI Awards are hosted by LISC Milwaukee. More than 700 people attended the sold-out event.

MADISON – President Obama endorsed it. The Senate passed it by a 3-to-1 margin. The margin of victory in the House of Representatives was even higher. Interest groups such as the National Venture Capital Association and the Biotechnology Industry Organization have praised it.

U.S. Senator Ron Johnson will deliver the keynote lecture at Lakeland College’s 11th annual Charlotte and Walter Kohler Distinguished Business Lecture on Wednesday, April 11 in the college’s Bradley Theatre.

When strategic plans, effectively executed, fail to drive growth a number of root causes are usually at work. Leaders...