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Over 100 business people networked at the Greater Brookfield Chamber of Commerce’s June Business After 5 held on Thursday, June 11 from 5-7 pm. The event was sponsored by and held at the Brookfield Residence Inn by Marriott.

A few upcoming networking opportunities and events you should know about

"I'm betting on the horse called deflation, owing to the increasingly commodity-like economy coupled with recession-induced excess capacity. Those betting on inflationary expectations, I feel, are incorrectly assuming that the monetary stimulus will come on top of a traditional economic upturn."

Architecture Eppstein Uhen Architects, Milwaukee, recently announced that senior health care planner and designer Kristin Dufek,...

Aldo Madrigrano, chairman and chief executive officer of Wauwatosa-based Beer Capitol Distributing Inc.

The Milwaukee County Historical Society will host a Gala and “Public Enemies” pre-screening on Tuesday, June 30. The event will begin at 5 p.m. with a reception at the Milwaukee County Historical Society in downtown Milwaukee and then a preview screening will be held at 8:30 p.m. at the Marcus Majestic Ultra-Screen Theater in Brookfield. Tickets to the event are still available.

Trivera Interactive, Corporate Identity Solutions and Clear Verve Marketing have joined forces to develop Social Media University, an educational event in Milwaukee that will provide hands-on learning and real-life examples of the most prominent social media tools in use today.

Tweetup Girls, and principals of Wauwatosa-based Corporate Identity Solutions, Jeanette Pham and Michelle D’Attilio, will co-host with Summerfest the next BIG Milwaukee Tweetup, Wednesday, July 1 at the Summerfest Lake Deck from 12 noon to 4 p.m.

Wauwatosa-based Briggs and Stratton recently announced that Normal, Ill.-based band The Run Around won its international online battle of the bands competition.

Milwaukee’s Summerfest kicks off the 2009 summer season today at 12 noon and runs through Sunday, July 5