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For more information, contact: Gregory Charleston Chief Restructuring Officer 608-497-4127 gcharleston@jtpackard.com             JT Packard & Associates, Inc. of Verona, Wisconsin, confirmed today that the company, which remains profitable, filed a receivership in Dane County Circuit Court on November 24, to facilitate the sale of its business.  The receivership filing proposes a sale of the Packard business, including its Verona operations and employees, to Sangamon...

Contact: Yuan Yuan (262) 472-5458 yuany@uww.edu WHITEWATER ­ For students enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater living across the country and around the world, online courses make a college education and a career possible. Finance and Business Law Professor Yuan Yuan has secured a $5,000 grant to expand the university's online course offerings. This fall, UW-Whitewater offered for the first time its...

Contact: Jon Werner (262) 472-2007 wernerj@uww.edu WHITEWATER ­ For the second time in three years, a University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student was awarded the top scholarship in the J.J. Keller and Associates Prospera University Program. UW-Whitewater junior Patrick Estes won the $5,000 scholarship in the 2009 Prospera University Program Scholarships competition. His winning essay explained why he chose to enter the human resources field...

Contact: Jimmy Peltier (262) 472-5474 peltierj@uww.edu WHITEWATER ­ Marketing Professor Jimmy Peltier of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has been honored with the Social Entrepreneur of the Year award. The leadership award recognizes an individual who has promoted entrepreneurship. It was created in conjunction with the Wisconsin Youth Entrepreneurs Conference, held in November at UW-Whitewater, which focused on the development of entrepreneurial spirit...

Contact: Bill Dougan (262) 472-1159 douganw@uww.edu WHITEWATER ­ As the saying goes, with age comes wisdom. For the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's three-year-old student Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization, award-winning wisdom comes quickly. The UW-Whitewater chapter took home a handful of awards from the organization's national conference, as it has done in all three years of its existence. The conference was held in October in...

Contact: Melissa DiMotto (262) 472-1195 dimottom@uww.edu WHITEWATER ­ Venture capitalist Roger H. Ganser will be the keynote commencement speaker at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater on Saturday, Dec. 19, as more than 600 students are awarded degrees. The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. in the DLK/David L. Kachel Fieldhouse. Ganser, a 1967 graduate of UW-Whitewater, is the founder of Venture Investors, a firm that manages...

Welcome to episode four of "WisBusiness: The Show," a new twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. This episode includes the Wisconsin Stock Report, commentary from the Wisconsin Technology Council President Tom Still, and an interview with Scott Vander Sanden, President of AT&T in Wisconsin. Click here to see the show, produced by Tweedee Media of...

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By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com MADISON -- The year 2009 can’t end fast enough, milk producers said Tuesday at the annual Dairy Business Association conference. And while prices appear to be headed up for 2010 -- meaning dairy farmers should be able to make money next year -- many fear that the high cost of corn, fuel and other so-called...

By WisBusiness Staff The cable industry is taking issue with the state audit that found prices rose between 2007 and 2009 despite legislation designed to increase competition. The Legislative Audit Bureau report found basic and expanded basic prices rose by double-digit percentages over the time period studied. The Wisconsin Cable Communications Association said the report didn't properly take into account...