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Milwaukee’s German venues
Old Heidelberg Park and the former Bavarian Inn 700 W. Lexington Blvd., Glendale www.bavariansoccerclub.com Estabrook Beer Garden Milwaukee County's...
Heritage helped Milwaukee land a Hofbräuhaus
The decision to bring the fifth Hofbräuhaus in the nation to the Milwaukee market largely hinged on the city's rich brewing culture.
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While the Milwaukee area has retained traces of its German heritage since those roots were established in the mid-1800s, a new wave of German-themed venues has reignited widespread interest in the city's Old World traditions.
Walker’s Point emerges as one of Milwaukee’s hottest neighborhoods
First thing's first. The Milwaukee neighborhood located south and southwest of the Historic Third Ward is Walker's Point, not the “Fifth Ward.” The area was once considered the city's fifth ward, but the city today is divided up into aldermanic districts, not wards.
Milwaukee Institute doubles supercomputer capacity to help area businesses
Milwaukee-based nonprofit The Milwaukee Institute Inc. recently announced a new $500,000 investment to double the capacity of its high-performance computing infrastructure.
China enacts new visa regulations
China celebrated its national day on Oct. 1. The new leadership stood bareheaded, in a pouring rain, to lay flowers and observe a national minute of silence at the Monument to the Heroes of New China.
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Kohler prepares for 2015 PGA Championship
All seven corporate hospitality chalets overlooking the 18th Hole at the 2015 PGA Championship were sold within about a week of them being offered this month by Kohler Co. and the PGA. That's impressive, with chalet prices of up to $270,000 apiece.
Office Tower
Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. recently unveiled the design for the new $450 million, 32-story, 1.1-million-square-foot office tower that it plans to build at its downtown Milwaukee corporate headquarters campus.
Fed decides not to ‘taper’
In a move that surprised most market participants, the Federal Reserve Board recently voted 9-1 to maintain its $85 billion asset purchase program.
On the fast track
Michael Kopper has always gravitated toward the fast things in life – from centrifuges that rotate water at 3,000 times G-force to Lotus and Audi cars that can easily handle speeds close to 160 miles/hour.
