Gander Mountain backs away from NRA event for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker
Gander Mountain Co. withdrew this week from two National Rifle Association events that partially focused on supporting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in next month's recall election.
St. Paul-based Gander Mountain had planned to host workshops in connection with the meetings at its stores in Rothschild and Eau Claire, WAOW-TV reported. When the company withdrew, the NRA moved the meetings to other locations.
Gander Mountain, which sells firearms and other hunting gear, said it has been a longtime...
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Delta still tops in annual baggage fees; AirTran sixth
For the third year in a row, Delta Air Lines Inc. pulled in more baggage fee revenue than any other U.S. airline, while Milwaukee's busiest carrier, AirTran Airways, ranked sixth, according to data released Thursday by The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
Atlanta-based Delta (NYSE: DAL), which posted an annual profit of $854 million last year, also generated $863.6 million in baggage fees, BTS data show. Delta is the third-busiest carrier at General Mitchell...
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Nucor to buy Skyline Steel for $605M
Nucor Corp. has agreed to pay $605 million to ArcelorMittal for Skyline Steel, a distributor of steel foundation products, and its subsidiaries.
Skyline will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Charlotte, N.C.-based Nucor but will keep its headquarters in Parsippany, N.J. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter, according to ArcelorMittal’s website. Nucor has operations in Oak Creek. Skyline has no operations in Wisconsin.
Skyline has been a distributor of Nucor’s piling...
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Milwaukee, MPD program provides summer internships at local companies
A youth training program established through a collaboration between the city of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Police Department will provide at least 24 summer internships with the help of 15 companies.
The program, dubbed Learn, Earn and Achieve with Police, or LEAP, is open to youth in five of the city’s distressed neighborhoods. It’s twofold goal is to connect 17- to 19-year-old youth with police officers to learn community leadership skills and to get hands-on work experience on 20-hour-a-week...
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Sachdeva's Buddhas, other items still being auctioned
The Sujata Sachdeva auctions are nearing their end, but plenty of gilded-resin Buddha and Ganesh figurines are still to be had — along with the usual groupings of designer clothing, footwear and handbags.
A contractor for the U.S. Marshals Service has sold nearly 24,000 items in online auctions and one live auction since March 2011, raising $1.3 million. Federal authorities seized about 25,000 items she had stored at her home and in rented warehouse space after her December 2009 arrest. Most items...
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