Milwaukee-based Brady Corp. today reported fiscal fourth quarter net income of $11.7 million, or 22 cents per share, down from $29.6 million, or 55 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

Menomonee Falls-based ZBB Energy Corp. reported a fiscal fourth quarter net loss of $5.8 million, or 13 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $1.7 million, or 8 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.

United Airlines will reduce flying more than expected during the rest of this year because of higher fuel prices and a sluggish economy.

Yellow Phone Music Conference is celebrating its second year by both drawing in an international component to the conference and offering free concerts for the general public.

ART Milwaukee and NEWaukee are teaming up to unite Milwaukee for a Saturday of live music, live art and even a live yoga lesson on the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge. The first annual Wisconsin Avenue Bridge Celebration, to be held Saturday, Sept. 22, will include performances by Milwaukee-area bands, a Riverwalk Art Walk showcasing more than 50 Milwaukee artists, and dancers featured on two stages.

In this hotly contested election season, both major parties are accusing one another of distorting the truth. Both quote fact-checking operations in their ads. And both claim the fact-checkers are biased when they disagree with the findings. How can we as voters get at the truth?

McGee Young, associate professor of political science at Marquette University, has been named the first Entrepreneur Faculty Fellow for 2012 under the university’s Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship, according to an announcement Wednesday.

The Direct Supply Technology Center at MSOE opened this week, according to an announcement by Direct Supply, Inc. on Tuesday. Occupying more than 9,000 square feet in the German-English Academy building on MSOE’s campus, the center has the capacity to hold 60 Direct Supply computer engineers and technology interns.

Domestic beer consumption may be on the decline, but craft brewers are thriving in Milwaukee.

Menomonee Falls-based Kohl's Department Stores today announced the company will expand its electric vehicle (EV) charging station initiative with 36 new stations across 18 additional Kohl's locations by the end of fall 2012.

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Michael E. Moeller, President of Remy Battery Co. Inc.Company address: 4301 W. Lincoln Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53219Website: www.remybattery.comIndustry: Wholesale/retail...