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Banks’ own refusal to make loans has imperiled one of the largest underserved groups – small businesses Pewaukee, Wis. - The Wisconsin Bankers Association’s (WBA) latest swipe at credit unions – claiming that the co-ops need to expand their outreach to underserved populations – is another sorry attempt to deflect from the fact that credit unions’ business lending benefits the...

Madison, Wis -- (August 25, 2010) Quincy Bioscience, a research-based biotechnology company, announced it has recently received a capital infusion from DaneVest Tech Fund I, a Madison-based investment group which specializes in privately held technology companies. The additional funding will be used thelp support national sales of the company’s growing brand, Prevagen® - Brain Cell Protection. “We are pleased to...

Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661 MADISON- Communities interested in applying to the Wisconsin Main Street Downtown Revitalization Program must attend one of three application workshops offered by the Department of Commerce (Commerce) in September and October 2010. The Wisconsin Main Street Program provides technical assistance to Historic commercial districts. "Each year, the Department of Commerce considers communities for...

Media Contacts: Nancy Deptolla (262) 236-4175 nbdeptolla@sbcglobal.net or Jennifer Neighbors (414) 476-5781 jennifer@neighborspr.com BELOIT, Wis. – ABC Supply Co. Inc. has promoted Mike Roadt, manager of its Hartland, Wis. store, to managing partner. Roadt joined ABC Supply in 2001 and was named manager of the Hartland branch in 2008. ABC Supply is the largest wholesale distributor of roofing in the United States and one of the nation’s...

The new Sun Prairie High School features some of the latest technologies for saving energy and using renewable energy resources, thanks in part to the New Construction Design Assistance program of Sun Prairie Utilities and nonprofit power supplier WPPI Energy, as well as incentive funding from Focus on Energy (Focus). Together, WPPI Energy, Sun Prairie Utilities, Focus, and other...

Manpower Suggests Strategic Migration, Promoting Skilled Trades Key to Plugging Talent Gap MILWAUKEE, Aug 25, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Manpower Inc. (NYSE: MAN), a world leader in innovative workforce solutions, advises that unless businesses, governments and trade associations work together to develop long-term strategies to alleviate talent shortages among skilled trades, future economic growth will suffer. Worldwide,...