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Reinvent your story with images
I can feel the rush of embarrassment as he walks out of the bathroom into a crowded restaurant with an overhead alarm ringing “Didn't Wash Hands!” I still smirk at that image Gary Larson created for his The Far Side comic series.
PSC rejects downtown steam rate hike
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC) has rejected a proposal by the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) to impose a new utility rate structure that would have increased steam rates for downtown Milwaukee customers by more than 60 percent over the next five years.
Terry Hansen, president of Ultra Tool & Manufacturing Inc.
What was the smartest thing your company did in the past year?
"This was more a personal activity, but my wife and I attended a weeklong leadership training called 'Entreleadership' put on by Dave Ramsey. The week we spent being coached by Dave and his team was the best training I've ever received."
$328
The average domestic fare at Milwaukee’s General Mitchell International Airport in the second quarter was $328,...
Duwe Metal Products seeks new opportunities
Duwe Metal Products has built prominent structural steel components for well-known Milwaukee landmarks, including the Milwaukee Intermodal Station, the BMO Harris Bradley Center and the bridge leading to the Milwaukee Art Museum.
“Growing Your Handmade Business: How to Envision, Develop, and Sustain a Successful Creative Business”
Kari Chapin, author of “Grow Your Handmade Business: How to Envision, Develop, and Sustain a Successful Creative Business,” teaches creative entrepreneurship in 20 chapters divided into two parts: “Mapping Your Dream” and “Planning for Success.”
Growing Power lands federal grant
Growing Power Inc. has been awarded a federal grant of $99,868 to help increase access of local food in local schools.
Tax tips for the home stretch
Year-end tax planning is always important, but there's an extra wrinkle this year. The Bush-era tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003 are scheduled to expire in 2013 and new Medicare taxes are scheduled to take effect. Without Congressional action, tax rates will rise to as high as 39.6 percent on ordinary income and 23.8 percent on capital gains.
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Downtown Conversion
Kenosha-based Bear Development LLC plans to spend about $5 million to convert a 57,626-square-foot office building at 700 W....
Ironwoman
Since Barbra Fagan started running seriously 25 years ago, she hasn't stopped. Fagan, director of workforce health at Wauwatosa-based Froedtert Health, has competed in 12 Ironman Triathlons, nearly a dozen ultra-marathons, and hundreds of races altogether.
China’s media is evolving … carefully
Recently I was asked, “Is China making any progress at all in allowing a free and independent media to happen; or is the Party still controlling the flow of the news?”
Wixon offers low-sodium salt alternative
Wixon Inc.'s KCLean Salt looks like salt, tastes like salt and functions like salt in many of today's popular food products, but without the amount of sodium contained in salt.
