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For more information, contact Eric Skrum, 608/441-1216, eskrum@wisbank.com Bank CEO survey indicates lending, hiring and economic trends (MADISON, WI) One out of every four of the banks which responded to the latest Wisconsin Bankers Association (WBA) Bank CEO Economic Conditions Survey indicated plans for hiring new staff members in 2012. Data from the 144 bank executives who completed the survey also...

Global Design, Engineering & Technical Support Services Firm Consolidates Milwaukee Offices Milwaukee, January 16, 2012 -- AECOM Technology Corporation, a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for government and commercial clients around the world, has signed a lease for more than 21,000 square feet of space in the second floor of Schlitz Park’s RiverCenter...

MADISON, WIS. – January 16, 2012 – Associated Bank has named two new bank managers in the Madison area. Susan Fischer has been promoted to assistant vice president, senior bank manager at the Associated Bank branch located at 4402 East Towne Boulevard, Madison. David Schneider has been hired as senior bank manager at the Associated Bank branch located at 4407...

MADISON, WIS. – January 16, 2012 – Melissa Will has been promoted to portfolio manager on Associated Bank’s commercial banking team. In her new role she is responsible for managing a client base of businesses and industries such as manufacturing, real estate, healthcare, service and non-profit with annual revenues of $5 million to $100 million by helping them establish...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: January 16, 2012 CONTACT: James Tye, Director of Development and External Affairs Clean Lakes Alliance Cell: (608) 628-6655 or James@cleanlakesalliance.com Waunakee Woman Wins Grand Prize of Cross-Country Ski Package MADISON— The Clean Lakes Alliance is pleased to announce that Beverly Miller, of Waunakee, has won the first annual Mendota Freeze Contest by guessing correctly that Lake Mendota would freeze...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1/17/12 Contact: Sheila Leary, (608) 263-1101, smleary@wisc.edu MADISON - Print book sales at the University of Wisconsin Press bounced back in 2011 from a recession-driven slump. The list of the 15 bestsellers in 2011 includes books that appeal to lovers of popular culture and books of a more scholarly nature. The top seller, a biography of legendary actor Glenn Ford...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1/17/12 MADISON - A look at the life-changing Odyssey Project, the use of floral imagery to influence behavior by the Japanese government and the fascinating world of brain-computer interfaces will all be part of the University Roundtable speaker series this spring. The lunchtime talks will be held at Tripp Commons in the Memorial Union. The cost for each is...

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 17, 2011 Contact: Harry C. Alford (202-466-6888) WISCONSIN – 15 community leaders, health care professionals, and people of faith from urban neighborhoods and inner-cities in Wisconsin joined others from across the country today, urging Express Scripts to get back to the negotiating table with Walgreens and allow the nation’s largest pharmacy chain to return to...

Expansion creates one of the largest workplace law boutiques in Wisconsin WHITE PLAINS, NY (January 17, 2012) - Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce that six attorneys from Simandl & Prentice, S.C. have joined the firm, creating one of the largest labor and employment boutique...