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<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 04:00:05 CDT</pubDate>
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<title> Michael Cleary - Cleary Gull Inc.</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 2 May 2008 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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<title>New heights</title>
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<author>support@biztimes.com (Eric Decker)</author>
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<title>&#x27;The cream in the middle&#x27;</title>
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<title>North Shore Bank launches leasing division</title>
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<author>support@biztimes.com (Eric Decker)</author>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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<title>Don&#x27;t panic</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 7 Mar 2008 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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<title>Bubrick&#x27;s thrives after ownership change</title>
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<title>Consultant helps owners get to &#x27;The Next Stage&#x27;</title>
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<title>Eisenhardt finds the right buyer for Good Electric</title>
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<author>support@biztimes.com (Eric Decker)</author>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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<title>Small companies also can benefit from Sarbanes-Oxley</title>
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<author>support@biztimes.com (William  Gienke)</author>
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<title>What&#x27;s your exit strategy?</title>
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<description>As the baby boom generation ages over the next 20 years, the owners of most of Wisconsin&#x27;s 150,000 businesses will retire or will start seriously planning for retirement. More than 75 percent of American middle-market business owners anticipate selling within a few years, according to a survey by GW Equity and the University of Dallas Graduate School of Management.</description>
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<title>Canadian firm acquires Milwaukee manufacturer</title>
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<author>support@biztimes.com (Eric Decker)</author>
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<pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2007 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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<title>Mergers &#x26; acquistions</title>
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<title>Milwaukee Blue</title>
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<description>In a plant on Milwaukee&#x27;s northwest side, a workforce of about 15 employees brew large batches of a ubiquitous liquid known across the country and around the world.</description>
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<title>Solid wealth management philosophy will pay dividends</title>
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<author>support@biztimes.com (Peter Tourville)</author>
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<title>Your Money 101</title>
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<title>Bullish on Baird</title>
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<description>By day, Paul Purcell thrives in the dry world of wealth management and public and private-sector finance. As the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Milwaukee-based Robert W. Baird &#x26; Co. Inc., he tries to read one business-related book each time he embarks on a 16-hour flight to and from China, where Baird is rapidly building a significant market presence.
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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<title>Shakespeare Wealth Management grows by targeting affluent investors</title>
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<title>Reinhart forms new team to handle &#x27;wave&#x27; of subprime mortgage suits &#x27;wave&#x27; of subprime mortgage suits</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 CDT</pubDate>
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<title>Wisconsin to waive some tax penalties</title>
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<author>support@biztimes.com (Robert Teuber)</author>
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<title>Milwaukee futurist predicted subprime collapse</title>
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<author>support@biztimes.com (Bob Chernow)</author>
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