Today's fast-changing digital world presents many challenges for small business owners. Perhaps one of the most significant challenges is the company's ability to adjust to consumer expectations of paying with plastic.

Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley is providing an attractive business setting that is attracting some companies to move in from the suburbs. Employment in the valley has increased by 4,200 workers during the past 10 years, said Laura Bray, executive director of Menomonee Valley Partners Inc.

As the Milwaukee region attempts to turn the page on the Great Recession and rebuild its economy, it will need a new generation of workers capable of thriving with innovation in an era of fiscal austerity.

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Recent volatility and ongoing uncertainties have left several financial experts defensive or bearish about the stock market in the fourth quarter, while others remain more bullish about the slow-moving economic recovery.

There's a lot more demand from buyers in the local mergers and acquisitions market than there are companies willing to sell, and experts don't expect that trend to change anytime soon.

Most vendors have occasionally accepted a business check in payment for a customer's personal goods or services. This practice is typically common among contractors furnishing residential services (remodeling, roofing, landscaping, painting, etc.) to clients who are also business owners.

We live in interesting times. Man and nature are in turmoil; revolutions, terrorism, economic and nuclear meltdowns are mirrored by earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados and volcanoes.

The Brewers Community Foundation recently announced that its 50/50 Raffle for the 2011 season has surpassed $1 million in gross revenue.

As local companies seek ways to increase market share, revenues and profits, more and more companies are finding customers outside the Milwaukee 7 region and re-investing those revenues at home.

You're the owner or senior manager of a small- to medium-sized privately-held business. One day, an employee asks you: