WisBusiness

Contact: Zach Lowe (202) 224-8657 Feingold’s Legislation Would Extend and Expand the Jobs Tax Credit Passed in March Washington, D.C. – After hearing positive responses in meetings with business leaders from across Wisconsin, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is seeking feedback from all Wisconsinites about his legislation to extend and expand the recently enacted jobs tax incentive. Feingold worked to get...

Contact:  Joseph Pagano (608) 698-8216 joe@autonomousmind.com Survey Results Reveal Expectations for Strong Growth and Job Creation, Concerns about Increased Competition Madison, Wis. — 74 percent of solar energy professionals in Wisconsin expect company revenue to grow by more than 10 percent annually during the next 2 to 3 years, according to a recent survey. Respondents also anticipate taking action in the next year to promote such...

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Chippewa County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC), Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC) and the Chippewa Valley Innovation Center (CVIC) have partnered up to host a Workplace Safety 101 Workshop to be held on Monday, June 14th from 8-10am at the CVIC located at 3132 Louis Avenue, Eau Claire. The main topics Workplace Safety 101 are: * ...

For immediate release: Xcel Energy Media Relations (715) 737-2565 Test stations to be used to educate local farmers, public on woody biomass development and costs ASHLAND, WIS. – Plantings began today on two innovative woody biomass energy plantations in the Lake Superior basin that will be testing hybrid species of poplar and black willow trees. The plantations at the Ag Experiment Station...

Contact: Joshua Morby Mobile: 920.968.4197 Email: media@thenewnorth.com PULASKI – Governor Doyle on Tuesday announced that Marquis Yachts, LLC will create 315 full-time jobs in the area with the help of a $1.5 million in loans from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) from the State of Wisconsin. “Marquis Yachts is one of the industry’s premier manufacturers, and we’re very excited they will continue...

Provides affordable mobile advertising opportunity to Wisconsin businesses LITTLE CHUTE, Wis. — Wisconsin-based AirFire Mobile today launched the first-of-its-kind, no-contract coupon phone that can pay for itself in local mobile marketing deals, discounts and coupon savings. The $35 per month coupon phone, featuring unlimited talk, text, web service and picture mail, quickly and easily connects customers with one-click mobile coupon...

Contact: Jeanne Carpenter, 608-358-7837 MADISON, Wis. – Following a wildly successful, sold-out debut last year, the Annual Wisconsin Original Cheese Festival is set to expand to a three day event this year, offering attendees more tours, seminars, dinners, and the chance to try and buy hundreds of the state’s finest artisan, farmstead and specialty cheeses. After 700 tickets sold out last...

Contacts: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Project Will Create 315 Full-Time Jobs PULASKI – Governor Jim Doyle announced today that the state will provide Marquis Yachts, LLC with up to $1.5 million in loans from the Community Development Block Grant...

For more information contact: Kelley Dixon Marketing & Events Coordinator First Business Financial Services, Inc. Phone 608-232-5774 kdixon@firstbusiness.com MADISON, WI – June 8, 2010 – First Business Bank announced today that Jerry Kilcoyne has been elected to Chairman of its Board of Directors. First Business Bank is part of First Business Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: FBIZ). Jerry is a private equity investor in businesses and an...

* Three Top Labor & Employment Attorneys from Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP Join Jackson Lewis * National Law Firm Will Open Milwaukee Office * Milwaukee is Thirteenth New Office Since 2008 MILWAUKEE, WI - Jackson Lewis (http://www.jacksonlewis.com), one of the largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms in the United States, announced it has opened its 46th office in Milwaukee,...

Contact: Scott Gurholt Riley Construction Company 262-658-4381 scottg@rileycon.com KENOSHA, Wis. – Riley Construction enhances and grows it marketing capabilities by hiring Lisa Heinze as Graphics and Marketing Project Administrator. Heinze brings more than 10 years of print and interactive design, communications and marketing experience to Riley Construction. In her role, she will be...

Contact: Anita Clark (262) 472-1193 clarka@uww.edu Two promising research projects in nanotechnology, the study of extremely small structures, have won research grants at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Eric Brown, an assistant professor of biological sciences, won a $35,954 applied research grant...