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Fast-food workers in seven cities, including Milwaukee, will walk out from their jobs next week, in protest for a higher minimum wage.

The Marcus Corp. today reported fiscal fourth quarter net earnings of $3.5 million, or 13 cents per share, down from $6.7 million, or 23 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Harley-Davidson Inc. today reported second quarter net income of $271.7 million, or $1.21 per share, up from $247.3 million, or $1.21 per share, in the same period a year ago.

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John Caruso has been inspired by elements of design since his earliest days of childhood. Caruso, associate professor of industrial design at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD), grew up in a Midwestern household bustling with creativity ignited by a full-time mother, whom he remembers as a frustrated fashion designer.

Innovative Heights Milwaukee LLC plans to open a 30,000-square-foot recreational indoor trampoline facility at W229 N1420 Westwood Dr. in Waukesha.

Milwaukee-based Briggs & Stratton Corp. on Tuesday unveiled Infohub, a wireless electronic monitoring application that keeps homeowners up to date about their electric generator's current status.

Milwaukee County Board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic announced on Tuesday details of a proposed new agreement between the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Milwaukee County War Memorial that would require the county to give the cultural institutions nearly $1.6 million in funding each of the next 10 years.

Time Warner Cable blocked WTMJ-TV Channel 4 programming beginning on Wednesday at midnight following a dispute between Time Warner and Channel 4’s owner, Journal Broadcast Group, over license fee negotiations.

Glendale-based Johnson Controls Inc., Wisconsin's largest publicly traded company, announced today that its board of directors has elected Alex Molinaroli, vice chairman, to serve as the company's next president and chief executive officer, effective Oct. 1, 2013.