Steve Jagler, for BizTimes Media

The title of a new book immediately caught my eye: “1501 Ways To Reward Employees.”
The subtitles state, “Low-Cost and No-Cost Ideas. Best Practices. Latest Trends. Proven Strategies. Ways to Motivate the Millennial Generation.”

The Waukesha County Business Alliance and BizTimes Milwaukee announce the winners of the 2012 Top 10 Businesses of the Year Awards.

For weeks now, geologists have tried to identify the causes of the loud cracks and booms that are rattling the city of Clintonville, Wis.

The Brewers will pick up Friday right where they left off in 2011 - battling the St. Louis Cardinals.


Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky was once asked what made him so great. His response was that he did not skate to where the puck was at. He skated to where the puck was going.

A panel of accomplished female business leaders will share their insights at the 2012 BizTimes Women in Business Breakfast, which also will feature the presentation of the BizTimes Woman Executive of the Year to Gail Lione.

Early in my journalism career, a wise old city desk editor took me aside and explained his definition of what qualifies as news.

In a Milwaukee Biz Blog last week, we told you that the U.S. economic recovery is picking up steam.

Commissioner Bud Selig has done so much for Major League Baseball that he ultimately may end up in Cooperstown.

Every once in a while, someone in Madison concocts a common sense idea and then persuades people on both sides of the aisle to support it.

No matter your political persuasion, some things transcend politics. Or at least, they should.

For every run scored by the Milwaukee Brewers this season, the WaterStone Bank Fund, the charitable arm of WaterStone Bank, is donating $10 to the Sojourner Family Peace Center (SFPC).