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Milwaukee-based motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson Inc. announced its board has authorized the company to take on $750 million in long-term debt to repurchase up to 15 million shares of its stock.

Milwaukee private equity firm Mason Wells announced it has acquired Minneapolis-based Advanced Web Technologies LLC.

Senior portfolio manager Ashok Bhatia, CFA, has been added to the Wells Fargo Advantage Multi-Sector Income Fund. Bhatia is...

Tom Deisinger has been named senior vice president-Private Banking at Racine-based Johnson Bank.

Brookfield-based Fiserv Inc. has added milling and embedding to its debit and credit card production capabilities in response to growing demand for EMV chip cards.

New Berlin-based Felss Rotaform LLC is preparing for its third expansion in 10 years.

North American manufacturing has suffered a tough few months, but not all sectors are struggling. U.S. automaker Ford is cutting short the traditional two-week summer break to boost production amid outsized demand for its newest trucks and SUVs.

Chicago-based Pizano’s Pizza and Pasta, which plans to open a restaurant in downtown Milwaukee, wants to open a factory to produce frozen pizza products in an existing building at 9725 S. 54th St. in Franklin.

Glendale-based multi-industrial firm Johnson Controls Inc. recently announced it has appointed Greg Guyett executive vice president, Corporate Development, effective Aug. 10.

Manufacturers and construction companies are strongly represented on the 2015 list of Future 50 companies that are rapidly growing in both employment and revenue in the Milwaukee area.