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Contact: Bill G. Smith at (608) 255-6083 or Jack Mozloom at (609) 989-8777 Small Business Summit will bring together policymakers and job creators to share ideas and information Madison (September 19, 2011) – Lt. Governor Kleefisch’s announcement of a statewide summit between key members of the administration and small business owners is an excellent opportunity for both groups to learn...

Contact: Cullen Werwie, 608-267-7303 MADISON —NBC News’ Brian Williams will host governors from states across the country, including Wisconsin, for a special “Education Nation” panel session focused on education and economic competitiveness, entitled The State of Education: The Governor’s Perspective. “I’m excited to talk with Governors and other leaders about the educational challenges facing our country,” said Governor...

Contact: Kevin O’Neill, Kevin.ONeill@steelesolutions.com, 888-542-5099 Expansion Project Will Accommodate Rising Demand for Material Handling, Distribution Center and Storage Systems Franklin, Wis. — Steele Solutions, Inc., will nearly double the size of its manufacturing plant to meet increased demand for its mezzanines, equipment platforms, catwalks and other steel structures used in distribution centers, warehouses and other industrial, commercial...

CONTACT: Diane Stojanovich, 608-890-1611, dstojanovich@pharmacy.wisc.edu MADISON - Mahendra Patel (M.S.'74, Ph.D.'78 pharmaceutics), founder and CEO of Navinta LLC, and wife Jayshree Patel have made a $1 million gift to establish the Jens T. Carstensen Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Pharmacy. The gift honors Carstensen, professor emeritus from the school, for his "extraordinary contributions to the...

Contact: Della Copp, GHC-SCW Marketing Manager, dcopp@ghcscw.com,(608) 279-6491 MADISON, WI - Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin (GHC-SCW) has been recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for having the highest ranking in quality among all managed health care organizations in Wisconsin and the 7th ranking in the U.S. GHC-SCW is the only Dane County, WI...

Contact: Wendy Norem,(262) 827-4111, ext. 232, wnorem@shorewest.com Brookfield, Wisconsin. We're pleased to announce Jan Alvey as the new Sales Director of the Shorewest Realtors(s) Delavan Office located at 830 E. Geneva St. in Delavan. The Delavan Office has 21 licensed and experienced sales associates who live, work and play in the area. Jan began her career in 1991 as a...

CONTACT: Susan Bach, Director of Communications PHONE: 414- 847- 6085 FAX: 414-302- 0355 E-MAIL: sbach@wisconsin.bbb.org Milwaukee, Wis., September 20, 2011 – The Better Business Bureau is warning timeshare owners who are trying to sell or rent their timeshares to beware of a Las Vegas-based company, City Resorts, after two Wisconsin residents lost almost $3,500. A Fond du Lac resident and...

Madison, WI – Four attorneys from Michael Best & Friedrich LLP traded their briefcases and suits for volunteer garbage duty as part of the Frito-Lay Beloit facility’s river cleanup event on Saturday, September 17th in Beloit, WI. The attorneys accompanied Frito-Lay Beloit’s Green Team as they paddled canoes, donated by Paddle and Trail of Beloit, down the Rock River...

Tuesday Trends sample: Vineyards rising, federal jobs proposal mixed and jobs falling Below is an excerpt from the most recent edition of WisBusiness Tuesday Trends. The full version of this weekly look at the state of Wisconsin business is now available for free to anyone who signs up for the Tuesday Trends mailing list. The full product includes several items...