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Facebook has introduced a new algorithm to its ranking system that determines which stories appear in users' News Feeds. After surveying Facebook users to define what makes a post “high quality,” Facebook built a machine learning system that uses over 1,000 factors and signals from users to detect high-quality content so it can be shown higher up in the News Feed.

Creative business people are invited to second annual CreativeMilwaukee@Work Summit, which will take place Friday, Nov. 8.

Startup Milwaukee has announced the launch of 96square, a new co-working space for startup companies in southeastern Wisconsin.

John Hazod has been named president and chief executive officer of Pewaukee-based Foundations Bank.

Motorists who connect between downtown Milwaukee and the south side of the county can begin to prepare for longer commute times.

Marquette University will bolster computer science curriculum in high schools across the state thanks to a $844,000 grant the university has received from the National Science Foundation.

The Rauser Agency, a health insurance and employee benefits solutions firm, recently moved its downtown Milwaukee headquarters office across the street from 400 E. Wisconsin Ave. to the 411 E. Wisconsin Ave. tower.

After working at Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. for 19 years, financial planner Betty Wellhoefer Hill has branched out to establish her own investment advisory firm in Grafton.

Facing a global commodity glut with no end in sight, Caterpillar Inc. today announced that its third-quarter earnings plunged 44 percent and it cut its economic forecast again.

Madison-based Sara Investment Real Estate LLC purchased the three-story, 53,626-square-foot Squires III Office Center building at N19 W24075 Riverwood Dr., Pewaukee, from Brookfield-based Palmisano Companies Ltd. for $4.35 million, according to state records.