Murphy Desmond: A finalist in 2011 Turnaround Awards
Contact: Amy Gores, Marketing Director
Email: agores@murphydesmond.com
Direct Dial: 608.268.5582
Madison, WI - The law firm of Murphy Desmond S.C. has been chosen as a Finalist in the “2011 Turnaround Awards” for the firm’s work with the Sale of Wick Building Systems, Inc., as announced by The M &A Advisor.
The Turnaround Awards for 2011 include 138 finalists...
UW-Madison Office of Corporate Relations: 100-hour challenge winners named
CONTACT: Tricia Dickinson, pmdickinson@wisc.edu, 608-265-9005
MADISON - A dress made of rubber gloves, a xylophone constructed from PVC pipes and a coffee chiller fashioned out of discarded lab equipment were just three examples of entrepreneurial creativity submitted in this year's Wiscontrepreneur 100-Hour Challenge, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Office of Corporate Relations.
In the challenge, students receive a $15 voucher...
NFIB/Wisconsin: Wisconsin small business applauds Walker budget
Contact:Bill G. Smith at (608) 255-6083
Jack Mozloom at (609) 989-8777
NFIB calls budget proposal a businesslike blueprint for managing spending
MADISON (March 1, 2011)– The Wisconsin chapter of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the state’ leading advocacy group for small businesses, said today that Governor Scott Walker’s budget proposal would finally...
River Alliance: Asian carp and 162 other scary invasive species ‘knocking on door’ of Lower Wisconsin River
Contact: Matt Krueger
608-257-2424 ext.125
mkrueger@wisconsinrivers.org
The number of nonnative species in the Mississippi River Basin (163) actually exceeds the number of those established in the Great Lakes (162 species). Yet, little attention is being given to this frontline as everyone turns their eyes to the south and east where the Asian Carp is making a...
NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes: Signs agreement with Missouri University to supply Molybdenum-99
(MADISON, WI. – March 1, 2011) – NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, LLC (NorthStar) announced it has signed an agreement with the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) to supply NorthStar with low specific activity molybdenum-99. This agreement allows NorthStar to ramp up over time to 3,000 6-day curies per week. Production operations are expected to begin...
UW-Madison: Conference on politics of consumption returns to UW-Madison
Contact: Jasun Carr, djcarr@wisc.edu
MADISON - The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication will host a conference this week examining the intersection of consumption, citizenship, media and marketing.
"Communication, Consumers, and Citizens: Revisiting the Politics of Consumption" will run from March 3-5, with a program of presentations by leading scholars and practitioners open to the public on March...
UW-Stevens Point: CDC communication expert to highlight challenges in communicating health information
A nationally respected expert on health communication issues will be a guest lecturer in communication classes at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on March 8 and 9. Glen Nowak, who serves as the senior adviser to the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, will talk...
Focus on Energy: Plastic manufacturers implement new energy efficient technologies into practice in Wisconsin
MEDIA CONTACT:
Mark Treichel
Hoffman York
(414) 225-9554
mtreichel@hyc.com
-Xten Industries and Pactiv Corporation are saving energy and money thanks to technical and financial assistance provided by Focus on Energy-
MADISON, Wis. (March 1, 2011) With the help of Focus on Energy, Wisconsin's statewide program for energy efficiency and renewable energy, in partnership with We Energies and Xcel Energy, Xten Industries (Xten) and Pactiv...
