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List recognizes VARs with deep technical expertise and premier certifications in North America For more information: Kris Palen: 414.908.2204 krisp@tushaus.com Scott Regan: 508.416.1186 Everything Channel scott.regan@ec.ubm.com MILWAUKEE –– Tushaus Computer Services, a Milwaukee-based provider of leading-edge technology solutions for businesses, announced today that the company has been named to the inaugural CRN Tech Elite 250. The Tech Elite 250 serves as the industry’s definitive list...

Nationally known authors of diverse genres, editors and a literary agent will share insights and inspiration at the Ninth Annual Spring Writers Festival, March 4-6, at the UWM School of Continuing Education, 161 W. Wisconsin Ave. Highlights include keynote speakers and award-winning authors: David Rhodes, author of "Driftless;" Kao Kalia Yang, author of "The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir;"...

Contact: Kim M. Straka 608.772.7207 or kim@hypecomm.com WHAT: Thermo Fisher Scientific Forum - A Yahara Watershed Initiative. WHO: Invited scientists, engineers, government representatives, and those invested in the cleaning of the Yahara Watershed will be in attendance, or participating, in a forum hosted by Clean Lakes Alliance and Stephan R....

MADISON – The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) today approved its Strategic Energy Assessment Report: Energy 2016 (SEA). The PSC prepares an SEA every two years to evaluate the state’s current and future energy demands, how those demands will be met, and the reliability of the electrical system over the next seven years. The report is based on data...

Contact: Katy Ryder Pettersen, (608) 661-6916 Milwaukee – Seven Wisconsin companies were awarded a prestigious Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year Award, competing against 53 total nominees, and one individual was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award in Manufacturing. The winners were announced at a black tie banquet Thursday night at The Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee. The winners are: Grand Awards GE Healthcare...

By Kay Nolan For WisBusiness.com Milwaukee -- Former UW-Madison Business School dean Michael Knetter railed Tuesday against partisan politics, saying the rancor and uncertainty endangers the nation's economic recovery. Knetter said it's harder than in the past to predict how the economy will recover because of contentious politics and what he calls "policy uncertainty." Recent elections have changed political leadership...

Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661 Lora Klenke, Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection, 608/224-5119 MADISON – Governor Scott Walker announced today that Wisconsin’s exports increased 18.28% to $19.78 billion in 2010. Wisconsin now ranks as the 18th-largest exporting state, up from its 21st-largest rank in 2006. “I salute Wisconsin companies for aggressively seeking new markets around the...