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CONTACT: Faramarz Vakili, fvakili@fpm.wisc.edu, 608-265-2757 MADISON - In a season traditionally devoted to reflection and new beginnings, a campus program is celebrating its successes and looking ahead to new goals. We Conserve (http://conserve.wisc.edu), an environmental stewardship program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, pledged in 2006 to reduce campus energy use and environmental footprint by 20 percent by 2010. Program director Faramarz...

Win Great Prizes! Tradeshows! FREE Lunch & Dinner! Music by Mt. Olive! DATE: Thursday January 20, 2011 TIME: 11 am - 8 pm LOCATION: W238 N1777 Rockwood Dr, Pewaukee Just off I-94 in Pewaukee off Rockwood Drive MAP SCHEDULE: Tradeshows: 11-1 & 4-6 Lunch: 11-1 FREE Seminars: 12:30-2:30 & 2:30-4:30 Dinner: 4-6 Live Music by Mt. Olive: 6-8 For more information on the FREE Seminars visit...

MILWAUKEE – A $2.6 million gift from Lynde Uihlein will support a new Center for Water Policy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), university officials announced today. The gift will fund an endowed chair and director for the planned Center, which will be part of the new graduate-level School of Freshwater Sciences. Recruitment for the endowed chair and center director will...

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 MADISON — This afternoon federal judge Hon. Roger Vinson issued an order granting the request of Wisconsin and five other states to join the legal challenge to the federal health care law that is pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District...

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 LANNON – Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announces that his office has filed a civil complaint and consent judgment in Waukesha County against Mill Valley Corporation in Lannon, Wisconsin. Mill Valley Corporation operates a non-metallic mining business...

For more information, contact Eric Skrum, 608/441-1216, eskrum@wisbank.com State bank conditions topic of legislative hearing (MADISON, WI) Bank lending in Wisconsin is slowly increasing as the state’s economy recovers. That was the message from bank industry leaders who were invited by Sen. Dale Schultz (R-Richland Center) to testify in La Crosse on the challenges that financial institutions are having in lending...

For more information, contact: Peg Schmitt, Wisconsin DOT
(608) 266-7744, Peg.Schmitt@dot.wi.gov Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Secretary Mark Gottlieb today announced four division administrator appointments to replace the “acting” appointments previously made. “These managers bring a wealth of skill and experience and will provide excellent leadership not only to their divisions but the entire department,” Secretary Gottlieb said. The appointments include: Denise...

Contact: Robert E. Hurst II Phone: (414) 771-4171 Bellwether Funding, LLC (BF) of Milwaukee, through superior negotiation skills & creative service, was able to restructure the debt of a popular female-owned Thai restaurant in Downtown Milwaukee. Because the restaurant’s current lender unexpectedly changed their loan portfolio guidelines, this forced the restaurant owner to find alternate financing. BF arranged for a...

Tuesday, February 8, 2011 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM Madison Marriott Hotel Wondering how to open and manage an office overseas? What should your company consider when establishing a physical presence in a foreign market? From a representative’s office, to a sales‐ branch to a wholly‐owned subsidiary, U.S. companies are exploring ways to set up shop overseas. MITA’s February program will cover...

Welcome to a new episode of "WisBusiness: The Show," a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. In the WisBusiness.com Stock Report, Liz Schrum reports on renewable energy and looks at tax breaks from the Republican-led Legislature. In his commentary, Tom Still looks at a great opportunity for new and unique startups. Finally, Thad Nation, executive director...

CALL: Lori Richards Mueller Communications (414) 390-5500 Former Wisconsin Governor brings nationally renowned expertise to Foley team Milwaukee - Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that former Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle will be joining Wisconsin’s largest law firm, providing expertise to its Wisconsin and national clients. "We are pleased that Gov. Doyle will be available to counsel clients of our rapidly growing health care...