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Graduation: Traditionally, flowers, gifts and gift cards will be discounted. Expect watches/jewelry and summer fashion sales to get good grades, along with bigger ticket tech and travel (via graduation money used to buy tech and book summer trips) Father’s Day: Look for decent sales on stuff guys want like sports and outdoors equipment (golf, cycling, running, camping, fishing,...

MADISON, WI, May 21, 2012 – First Business Bank announced today that Josh Hoesch has been hired as Assistant Vice President and Erin Vander Loop has been promoted to Commercial Real Estate Officer. First Business Bank is part of First Business Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:FBIZ). Josh has over seven years of commercial banking experience, with an emphasis on manufacturing,...

Contacts: Ross Radel, PhD President Phoenix Nuclear Labs (608) 210-3061 Evan Sengbusch, PhD, MBA Director of Bus. Development Phoenix Nuclear Labs (608) 210-3062 Madison, Wis. – Phoenix Nuclear Labs has successfully completed a $590,500 round of equity fundraising to advance its particle accelerator technology. The investment round was led by the Madison-based angel investment group Wisconsin Investment Partners and Wisconsin native Fred Mancheski, former chairman and...

CONTACT: Terry Jannsen, CPA, CFP®, Jannsen + Company, S.C. (262) 513-9292 Pewaukee, Wis. – For most people, Social Security is a simple equation. They work. They pay in. They retire. They collect benefits. However, Social Security offers many opportunities for retired workers to supplement their income from the longstanding federal program. A well-planned strategy can greatly enhance recipients’ benefit levels. A free...

For more information, contact: Don Greuel, WisDOT Highway Project Services (608) 267-7774, donald.greuel@dot.wi.gov Randy Romanski, WisDOT Bureau of Transportation Safety (608) 267-9075, randy.romanski@dot.wi.gov Click it or Ticket safety belt enforcement effort will be underway Wisconsin motorists and out-of-state tourists will swarm onto highways during the Memorial Day weekend and may encounter work zones where they will need to stay alert, slow...

CONTACT: Susan Bach, Director of Communications PHONE: 414- 847- 6085 FAX: 414-302- 0355 E-MAIL: sbach@wisconsin.bbb.org May 20-26 is National Small Business Week and a time...

By Arthur Thomas For WisBusiness.com As the candidates in the gubernatorial recall election spar over how best to measure job growth, manufacturers in the state are trying to find employees with the skill-sets to match rapidly advancing technology. “We’ve turned work away because we didn’t have enough of the right people,” said Mary Isbister, president of GenMet, a metal fabrication company...