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My great-great-grandmother was a great believer in reading tea leaves. Her son-in-law, my great-grandfather, was not.

Business optimism improved in 2013's second quarter following the tepid results posted in this year's first quarter, according to the latest Business Outlook Survey conducted by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC).

The need for retirement planning doesn't end with the onset of retirement. A new retiree's focus shifts from building wealth to managing and preserving it. One major challenge is to make the investment portfolio supply cash flow for the duration of life – and through different economic and market conditions.

While Mike Bark, a principal at Edge Advisors LLC in West Allis, spends most days in the accounting world where “everything is buttoned up,” but outside of the office he lets loose with what he calls “an aggressive, energetic form of music.”

When Ralph Bruno was reupholstering his mother's couch one day in 1987, he got an idea.

U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Menomonee Falls) sent a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, criticizing the decision to close 149 air traffic control towers under the Contract Tower Program – including all eight such towers located in Wisconsin – due to cuts under sequestration.http://mbedit.sx.atl.publicus.com/apps/pbcsedit.dll/red#

Peoria, Ill.-based Caterpillar Inc. recently began labor negotiations with United Steelworkers Local 1343, which represents 803 workers at the company's South Milwaukee plant.