With the emergence of Bender Park and other development gaining momentum along Oak Creek's lakefront, the next chapter of the Carrollville neighborhood in the southeast corner of Milwaukee County could be that community's finest hour.

The new Columbia St. Mary's Hospital on Milwaukee's east side recently opened to the public. The hospital is the final component of a four-year building project on the 22-acre campus and essentially combines Milwaukee's old Columbia Hospital, 2025 East Newport Ave., and the St. Mary's Hospital that already existed in that location.

The health care reform legislation signed into law by President Barack Obama will have significant effects on providers, insurance agents, brokers, employers and consumers, but a panel of experts in the field recently disagreed about the scope and extent of that impact.

The recent credit crisis and economic downturn have exacerbated the two related challenges that face any biotechnology company seeking financing to develop and license drug leads.

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co.'s acquisition of Orlando, Fla.-based AirTran Holdings Inc. should not result in any significant reductions in the service that the two airlines currently provide at Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, according to airline industry consultant Michael Boyd, president of Evergreen, Colo.-based Boyd Group International Inc.

Milwaukee historian John Gurda recently authored "The Drive To Lead," a history of Butler-based Actuant Corp. that commemorates the company's 100th anniversary.

Many business owners fixate on impressing visitors with really cool marketing imagery on the home page. Our research has shown that a much more effective approach is clear and concise communication that anticipates what a website visitor might be looking for.

The Milwaukee 7 investment campaign is more than halfway to its goal, recently surpassing the $4.6 million mark. The...

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The former Allis-Chalmers site in West Allis has largely been redeveloped into a shopping center and an office park with health care, educational, technology and other uses taking up space formerly occupied by heavy manufacturing.

In his most recent book, "Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation," author Steven Johnson tells the story of how the ideas that push careers, lives, society and culture into the future are born.