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  • 2 weeks ago | bizjournals.com | Timothy Gibbons

    The Midwest Gaming Classic brings together a variety of gaming communities, with a focus on shared experiences. It is one of the largest events to come to the Baird Center in downtown Milwaukee. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, it wasn't at all clear the Midwest Gaming Classic was going to survive. Three weeks before the 2020 show, the pandemic shut everything down — saddling the organizers of the long-running event with $100,000 in losses. But survive it did — and more.

  • 2 weeks ago | bizjournals.com | Timothy Gibbons

    These are the Wisconsin industries facing the biggest hit as tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump's administration go into effect. As the U.S. stock market melted down Thursday, Wisconsin's publicly traded companies saw their share prices tumble across the board. The largest drop was experienced by Menomonee Falls-based Kohl's Corp., whose shares fell from $8.60 when the market closed Wednesday to $6.64 at the end of Thursday, a 22.8% drop.

  • 3 weeks ago | bizjournals.com | Timothy Gibbons

    Kohl's new CEO Ashley Buchanan's compensation package tops $20 million, including hefty stock awards to lure him from Michaels Corp. Although Ashley Buchanan spent only about two weeks as CEO of Kohl's Corp. in the fiscal year that just ended, luring him to the job cost almost double what outgoing CEO Thomas Kingsbury earned for the year. For the fiscal year that ended Feb.

  • 4 weeks ago | bizjournals.com | Timothy Gibbons

    Although the state of Milwaukee County is strong, County Executive David Crowley said, here are the challenges on the horizon. Touting projects underway at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport and a strategic plan to be released for the Milwaukee County Zoo, County Executive David Crowley said the county is growing from A to Z — and more is to come.

  • 1 month ago | bizjournals.com | Timothy Gibbons

    Listen to this article 4 minThe Business Journal has covered the challenging projects tackled by this developer over the past four decades. Now he's been selected as the publication's first Cornerstone Award recipient. The Cornerstone Award is an addition to the annual Real Estate Awards, with the goal of honoring an individual who has reshaped the skyline and streets of Southeast Wisconsin.

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