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Contact: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 SHANGHAI, CHINA – Governor Jim Doyle today visited Harley-Davidson’s newest dealership in Shanghai as part of his ongoing work to promote the iconic Wisconsin company and its growth in China. The Shanghai Harley-Davidson dealership is one of several to have opened in China since the Governor’s first trade mission to China...

CONTACT: Treasury Public Affairs (202) 622-2960 Funds Strengthen Main Street Financial Institutions in 26 States, the District of Columbia, and Guam, Help Deliver Credit to Small Businesses and Families WASHINGTON – Following through on a commitment to provide support to Main Street banks, thrifts, and credit unions that lend to small businesses and families in underserved communities, the U.S. Department...

Welcome to a new episode of "WisBusiness: The Show," a twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. This week's installment of WisBusiness.com: The Show talks to John Neis, managing director of Venture Investors. Commentator Tom Still talks broadband over a broad area and this week's stock report takes on the state budget and an organic farm. The show...

This week's installment of WisBusiness.com: The Show talks to John Neis, managing director of Venture Investors. Commentator Tom Still talks broadband over a broad area and this week's stock report takes on the state budget and an organic farm. The show is produced by Tweedee Productions of Madison and sponsored by GrantThornton, Madison Gas & Electric and Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek...

By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com Wisconsin has done a good job assembling pools of angel investors with deep pockets to fund nascent companies here in the Badger State. When it comes to raising additional money to back start-ups as they begin to grow, however, Wisconsin has fallen behind its neighbors. But the state may be poised to create a so-called “fund of...