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The 73-year-old home improvement store chain titan has an estimated net worth of $7 billion, ranking him as the 166th-richest person in the world.

Match Day 2013, a one-day online fundraiser, recently collected more than $2.8 million, exceeding its monetary goal of $1.8 million, the total number of dollars brought in during last year's inaugural fundraiser.

During the heat of the debate prior to the decision to levy a 0.1-percent regional sales tax to help defray the costs of the construction of Miller Park, proponents of the new ballpark argued that it would be a regional attraction that would generate a net gain in economic impact.

The Milwaukee Artist Resource Network (MARN) will relocate to the Historic Third Ward on the sixth floor of the Marshall Building at 207 E. Buffalo St.

Waukesha State Bank announced that Vickie Volpano, senior vice president and chief operating officer of Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin Inc., has joined its board of directors.

Pizza Man restaurant today announced the hiring of Zachary Baker as executive chef.

The U.S. stock market took a holiday breather today after closing the first quarter Thursday with the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average standing at record highs.

*Monday, April 1, a new exhibit about the history of baseball will open at Discovery World. The exhibit, titled...

A roundtable discussion hosted Wednesday by Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Seth Harris at Hunger Task Force’s office exposed the day-to-day struggles of Milwaukeeans working to support themselves and their families on minimum wage – struggles in paying bills, funding transportation, covering rent and affording prescriptions among other necessities.

Paul Upchurch, the president and chief executive officer of VISIT Milwaukee, has been elected as the new chairman of the Governor’s Council on Tourism. He will serve a one-year term in the post.