The lingering effects of the Great Recession and the fresh sting of the Madoff Ponzi scheme have created lasting turmoil in the investment and money management industries.

The annual Manufacturing Summit, to be held on Thursday, April 29, at the BizTech Conference & Expo, will give attendees an opportunity to hear the perspectives and learn best practices from executives of four high-profile Milwaukee area manufacturing companies.

A panel of highly successful women will be featured at the Women in Business Forum & Luncheon to be held at the BizTech Conference & Expo on Wednesday, April 28.

BizTimes Media LLC and WisPolitics.com have launched MKEpolitics, a new weekly e-newsletter devoted to providing news and insights about the Milwaukee political scene.

I recently received a call from an old friend who had just sold his business, asking about opportunities in China. The best advice I could give him was come to China and look around, not only in Beijing and Shanghai, but in the second- and third-tier cities.

The manufacturing industry has never had a glamorous public image, and to most people, it is not considered a "green" business category.

Three high-profile buildings in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward are losing their anchor tenants.

The high unemployment rate, at 8.3 percent in Wisconsin, has resulted in an increased demand for colleges as workers seek new skills to compete in the job market.

If an Interstate 94 freeway interchange is added at Drexel Avenue, it could provide a boost to efforts to redevelop the former Delphi property in Oak Creek and to redevelop South 27th Street as a major commercial corridor.

"It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the...

Question: "Employee morale is becoming a concern. Some of us remember a time (not so long...

During the 18th century, British sailors were rewarded with an extra ration of rum after a successful voyage. Now that your employee and management teams have successfully navigated the turbulent waters of the economic tsunami, how will you reward them? How will you maintain motivation, morale and reduce the anxiety associated with the recession?