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MEDIA CONTACT: Mark Treichel Hoffman York (414) 225-9554 mtreichel@hyc.com - IT department virtualizes 53 servers onto three host servers - Madison, Wis. -- Cogdell Spencer ERDMAN, a fully integrated healthcare facilities company, recently received $26,000 from Focus on Energy, Wisconsin's statewide program for energy efficiency and renewable energy, in partnership with Alliant Energy, for completing an energy-efficient server virtualization project at its Madison, Wis. data...

Contact: Kelley Dixon Marketing Assistant First Business Financial Services, Inc. Phone 262-792-1400 kdixon@firstbusiness.com MILWAUKEE, WI -- Peggy Stoop, Assistant Vice President of First Business Bank - Milwaukee, was nominated for the TEMPO International Distinguished Service Chapter Award for her contributions to TEMPO Waukesha. Peggy has been on TEMPO Waukesha’s board since August of 2009 and serves as Vice President of membership. Besides her role at...

Madison, Wis. -- Dane County's high-tech companies added approximately 500 jobs in 2009 over the prior year. Since 2005, the area's total number of companies in the high-tech sector increased from 475 to 605, or 5.5% per year. These findings, part of a recent survey conducted by Madison Gas and Electric (MGE), are found in the 2010 Greater Madison...

Contacts: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Madison—Governor Jim Doyle announced today that six Wisconsin companies have received Qualified New Business Venture certification from the Wisconsin Department of Commerce. The certification makes investors in these companies eligible for...

University Relations and Communications, 715-346-3046, Fax 715-346-2042, http://www.uwsp.edu/news Environmental impacts associated with products and services will be discussed at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point spring colloquium series on renewable wood resources for energy on Wednesday, April 21. Karyn Biasca, professor of paper science and engineering, will present “Life Cycle Analysis” at 4 p.m. in Room 120 of the Trainer Natural Resources...

Contact: Chad Helminak (800) 242-0833, Ext 6012 chelminak@theleague.coop Reaction to the Wisconsin Bankers Association's response to the League's April 8 press release citing credit unions' successful efforts to meet small businesses' borrowing needs Pewaukee, Wis. - "Credit unions are eager to be part of a solution that keeps small businesses healthy and that keeps people in their jobs. Banks want to prevent that...

University Relations and Communications, 715-346-3046, Fax 715-346-2042, http://www.uwsp.edu/news Treehaven, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s education and conference facility located between Rhinelander and Tomahawk, has been awarded its 50-year recertification in the American Tree Farm System. According to Kevin Burns, Treehaven forest ecologist, there are older tree farms in the United States, but Treehaven is the first tree farm in Wisconsin to...

As part of the our mission of connecting people and ideas for a better Wisconsin, we’re pleased to announce we are bringing author and environmentalist Bill McKibben to this year’s Isthmus Green Day event this Saturday, April 17, at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison. McKibben is the author of EAARTH: Making a Life on a...

Contact: Peter Taglia, Staff Scientist, 608.251.7020 ext. 27, 608.217.8219 (cell) Study Released as Opposition Falsely Claims Bill will Raise Energy Costs Madison, Wis. – The recently amended Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA) will result in lower average utility bills and save ratepayers at least $1.4 billion dollars when compared with the status quo, according to a ...

Contact: Maneesh K. Arora Chief Financial Officer, Exact Sciences Corp. 608-284-5720 MADISON, Wis., April 14, 2010 — Exact Sciences Corp. (Nasdaq: EXAS) announced today that it priced an underwritten public offering of 4,200,000 shares of common stock at a price of $4.50 per share to the public. The company has granted the underwriter in the offering an option to purchase up to...

CONTACT: Carol S. Weber, APR, Director of Public Relations PHONE: 414-755-4108 (direct) E-MAIL: cweber@wda.org WEST ALLIS, WIS., April 14, 2010 – The Wisconsin Dental Association Foundation has announced $37,700 in grants to 18 programs that bring oral health care to low-income Wisconsin residents and provide other dentistry-related services. A $3,000 award to the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin will help defray patient laboratory costs. ARCW...

CONTACT: Thad Nation, (414) 412-7814 (MADISON, Wis.)—The Public Service Commission (PSC) reported today that consumers will benefit even more from the amendments to the Clean Energy Jobs Act, the coalition for Clean, Responsible Energy for Wisconsin’s Economy (CREWE) announced. “We’ve always maintained that there could be short term upward pressure on rates, but long term economic growth and job creation as...