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There's an old Abbott and Costello vaudeville routine that has become a reality. For awhile, we didn't know who was on first.

When did we start twirling the truth instead of telling it? “Authentic communication” seems like an oxymoron these days.

Milwaukee-based Vision Forward Association, which serves blind and visually impaired individuals, announced the completion of its $1.4 million capital campaign which will help the organization expand programming, facilities and services. The Unified Vision Campaign began in June 2010 and exceeded its goal with a total of $1,492,939.

When employment lawyers look back at 2011, one item of note will be the tangible increase in cases and discussion regarding the interaction of social media and the employment arena.

Even though she grew up in a family of Milwaukee-area restaurant owners, Gloria Rosenberg never had much of a desire to learn how to cook. It wasn’t until she reached adulthood that Rosenberg, branch manager at North Shore Bank’s Mequon location, discovered her own cooking passion.

The workforce today is becoming more and more mobile. Traditional office employees are doing more work from mobile computers and tablets and companies with field employees are finding ways to streamline processes and become more efficient.

Harvey Shovers, president of MSI Data in Mequon has developed a way for any company to efficiently mobilize their in-the-field workforce with back office operations and scheduling.

Jaws dropped when the supporters of the recall against Gov. Scott Walker recently submitted more than 1 million signatures of Wisconsin residents.

Founders of Chicago-based Dabble hope to eliminate the cost associated with dabbling in new hobbies or gaining valuable business improvement skills and strategies. The company recently launched its Milwaukee operations, and plans to start offering classes for people to dabble in this month.

My last post detailed a number of encouraged, restricted and prohibited agriculture and mining opportunities in China as listed in the “2012 Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue,” recently implemented by the National Development and Reform Commission and the State Administration of Commerce. The publication contains a list of the areas China is encouraging, restricting and prohibiting foreigners to be involved in.