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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...

Contacts:  Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661                  Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today announced that Momentum West, Inc., Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, has received a $100,000 Regional Marketing Grant from the Department of Commerce (Commerce) to develop a comprehensive strategy to market West Central Wisconsin. “We must draw on the resources and...

Media Contact: Toral Jha, Executive Director Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin execdirector@arow-online.org (608) 243-8643 Wisconsin Economy and Environment will benefit from the Recovery of Millions of Gallons of Oil Madison, WI (December 2, 2009) - Governor Jim Doyle has signed into law Assembly Bill 258, prohibiting the disposal of used automotive oil filters and materials that have been used to absorb spilled or used automotive engine...

For more information, contact: Abbey Eisenlauer Marketing Department (414) 287-9485 aeisenlauer@gklaw.com Milwaukee, Wisconsin (December 2, 2009). Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. is pleased to announce that Peter M. Sommerhauser has been named the 2010 Milwaukee M&A Corporate Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. Sommerhauser is the only attorney in Wisconsin to receive the...

Contact: Jim Hoffman Telephone: 518-291-9390 Email: info@ems-safety.com Announcing Launch of Site and Content Redesign Hensonville, NY, Dec 1, 2009 - The continual growth of multimedia in both general online activities and education is proven with EMS Boot Camp and its live EMS training webinars. This proof was in the immediate need to revamp its online presence for its growing user base. The creators of EMS Boot Camp...

Contact: Greg Friese, MS, NREMT-P Telephone: 715-204-9874 Email: gfriese@eps411.com Announcing Social Media Responder of 2009 Contest PLOVER, WI December 1, 2009 – PIOSocialMediaTraining.com co-founders David Konig and Greg Friese announce the first Social Media Responder of the Year contest. One of the missions at PIOSocialMediaTraining.com is to highlight emergency response agencies already effectively using Social Media to reach their goals and provide information for other agencies...

Media Contact: Geoffrey Vine, President Phone: (608) 222-5100 gvine@stevensconstruction.com MADISON, WIS. (December 2, 2009) — Stevens Construction Corp. is heading up the construction efforts for two of the largest, privately held developments in downtown Madison currently: Park Regent Apartments and The Depot. Both projects will require hundreds of thousands of work hours, and will employ many from other companies in the Madison area. “The realization...