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President Barack Obama took a stand this week by calling for the Federal Communications Commission to preserve net neutrality by regulating broadband service like a utility.

Today is the final day to register for the 12th annual BizTimes Milwaukee Commercial Real Estate and Development Conference, which will be held Friday, Nov. 14, from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino in Milwaukee. Registration for the event will be closed at the end of the day.

An investment group led by developer Joshua Jeffers has completed its purchase of the historic Mackie Building at 225 E. Michigan St., and an adjacent parking lot, in downtown Milwaukee.

An affiliate of Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. recently purchased the former Menards store building in the Town of Sheboygan for $5 million, according to state records.

The Milwaukee Air & Water Show, an annual event presented by Milwaukee-based Marcus Hotels & Resorts, has formed a board of directors to lead the show going forward.

Jim Emling, former president and chief operating officer of Wauwatosa-based Zywave Inc., left the company after it split into two entities in November 2013.

Southwest Airlines announced today that it will add new nonstop service from General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee to San Diego in 2015.

Pewaukee-based M&M Office Interiors has acquired Middleton-based Paragon Business Furniture Group.

Eurofins Scientific, a world leader in analytical support to the global food market, has announced its pending acquisition of SF Analytical Laboratories in New Berlin.

BMO Harris Bank is making an additional $3 billion in credit available to business owners in Wisconsin over the next three years.