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Milwaukee World Festival Inc., operator of Summerfest, has announced this year’s free and discounted admission opportunities, which will be offered on every day of the world’s largest music festival in Milwaukee.

Wisconsin has 129,100 women-owned businesses today, which is up 44.6 percent from 89,284 women-owned firms in 1997, according to a new study by American Express OPEN.

Milwaukee native Susan Longhenry has been appointed director of the Haggerty Museum of Art, a museum housed on Marquette University’s campus.

United Way of Washington County has named Tom and Pat Strachota chairs of its 2015 fundraising campaign.

Newaukee’s Night Market events will return to West Wisconsin Avenue this summer bigger and better, the organization says, with new features and collaborations to spur broader downtown synergy.

Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I worked at another media company that strongly believed that annual employee performance reviews were the best way to evaluate and get the most out of its employees.

Milwaukee-based independent valuation firm Valuation Research Corp. has been named Valuation Firm of the Year by industry peers in the International M&A Awards for the fourth year in a row.

Waukesha-based Telkonet Inc. reported a first quarter net loss of $744,078, compared with $778,208 in the first quarter of 2014.

Menomonee Falls-based Kohl's Corp. reported first quarter net income of $127 million, or 63 cents per share, up from $125 million, or 60 cents per share, in the first quarter of 2014.

Milwaukee-based grocery store operator Roundy's Inc. reported a fiscal first quarter net loss of $4.5 million, or 12 cents lost per share, compared with a net loss of $2.3 million, or 1 cent lost per share, in the first quarter of 2014.