MMAC members still projecting some growth
Business growth is projected for Milwaukee area businesses in 2011's fourth quarter, with a majority of those businesses surveyed seeing gains in sales, profit and employment over year-ago levels, according to a business outlook survey conducted by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC).
Bay View Coffee
Alterra Coffee Roasters recently began construction of a 15,000-square-foot café and bakery building at the intersection of Kinnickinnic, Howell and Lincoln avenues in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood.
How much will you need in retirement?
The primary shortcoming to retirement planning is that the investor must make predictions – inflation and the cost of living, health care costs, tax rates, investment portfolio returns, life expectancy, etc. Successful retirement planning is predicated on accurately estimating three components:
Executive Warriors
A group of about a dozen business executives from the Milwaukee area recently competed in the five-kilometer Warrior Dash, which features a dozen "military-style" obstacles, in Twin Lakes.
New civic initiative focuses on education
The Greater Milwaukee Foundation, in partnership by the Greater Milwaukee Committee, the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee Urban League and the United Way of Greater Milwaukee recently formed Milwaukee Succeeds, an organization that will serve as a long-range civic initiative focused on educational success for all children in Milwaukee.
“What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential”
According to Robert Steven Kaplan, Harvard Business School professor and author of the book, "What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your Potential," all successful leaders know that leadership is less about having all the answers than it is about asking the right questions.
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Service Heat Treating offers important process to metal makers
Service Heat Treating Inc. serves as a kind of dry cleaner to the metalworking industry, according to company president Paul Armitage.
40,000
40,000 Menomonee Falls-based Kohl's Corp. plans to hire 40,000 seasonal temporary workers for the...
Jim Hoefflin, chief operating officer/partner of Hanson Dodge Creative
Jim Hoefflin Chief operating officer/partner Hanson Dodge Creative 220 E. Buffalo St., Milwaukee www.hansondodge.com Industry: Marketing...
Marquette receives $5 million gift
An alumni couple has donated $5 million to the Marquette University College of Engineering to establish an endowed chair in electrical engineering, Opus Dean of Engineering Robert Bishop announced.
