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Contact: Valerie Johnson , Communications Director NAWBO Greater Milwaukee The National Association of Women Business Owners Greater Milwaukee (NAWBO GM) announces its 2009-2010 Board of Directors President: Kris Maegli, Career Strategies, Inc. New Berlin President Elect & Development Director: Lisa Gehrke, Gehrke & Associates, SC, Wauwatosa Past President: Lisa Wise, Blue Iris Graphics, West Bend Treasurer & Historian: Suzanne Denzine, Kolb + Co., Brookfield Secretary: Patty Hugi,...

CONTACT: Jennifer Bonk Stateline World Trade Association 608.365.8835 jenniferb@greaterbeloitchamber.com Beloit, WI - The Stateline World Trade Association (SLWTA) welcomes Richard Graber to its September 24, 2009 dinner meeting held at The Beloit Inn, 500 Pleasant St., at 5:30 p.m. Former Ambassador Graber will be speaking on Eurasian Business Opportunities. Richard W. Graber is a shareholder in Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren Attorneys at Law Business Law...

CONTACT: Janet Kelly, 608-890-1491, jkelly@warf.org; Lori Fligge, 952-742-2275, lori_fligge@cargill.com MADISON - The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Cargill have entered into a license agreement for patented canola breeding technology. The technology involves the use of traditional breeding techniques to introgress traits from winter canola lines into spring canola lines, resulting in higher spring yields. Introgression is the movement of a...

CONTACT: Igor Slukvin, 608-263-0058, islukvin@wisc.edu MADISON - In an advance that could help transform embryonic stem cells into a multipurpose medical tool, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have transformed these versatile cells into progenitors of white blood cells and into six types of mature white blood and immune cells. While clinical use is some years away, the new...

Contact: Carol Wilkerson (312) 353-7327 WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced the appointment of Marianne O’Brien Markowitz, as the regional administrator in Region V, to oversee the SBA’s programs and services in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. “Both the SBA and small businesses of Region V will benefit greatly from Marianne’s financial background,” said SBA...

Contact: Christine Henzig (800) 242-0833, Ext 6019 chenzig@theleague.coop Better pricing and service fuels consumers’ move to not-for-profit credit unions for financial services Pewaukee, Wis. – Wisconsin credit unions are seeing consumers flocking to them for some of the same reasons cited by the August issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine – better rates and personal service. “Big banks want your money, too, but they’re...

CONTACT: Judi Murphy, Director of Strategic Alliances ActionCOACH of Elm Grove P: 262-790-1213 F: 262-790-1516 E: JudiMurphy@actioncoach.com W: http://www.actioncoach.com Elm Grove, WI, August 12, 2009 – Tom Palzewicz of ActionCOACH of Elm Grove, received the Global Action Man Award at the ActionCOACH Global Conference earlier this month in Sydney, Australia. The Action Man award is given by the CEO and Founder of ActionCOACH Business Consulting,...

Suttle-Straus, Madison area communications provider, was awarded a Benny, the highest honor in the 2009 Premier Print Awards, for their entry Sub-Zero “Perfection”. The Premier Print Awards, the graphic arts industry’s largest and most prestigious worldwide competition recognizes outstanding achievement in print production. Suttle-Straus received their “Benny” in the category of full color booklets. Suttle-Straus also received an Award...

Contact: Amy Gores, Marketing Dir. Email: agores@murphydesmond.com Direct Dial: 608.268.5582 Madison, WI – Through August 28, 2009, there will be drop boxes available for school supplies to be given to area schools that have a disproportionate number of low-income students. The school drive program, called “We’ve Got Your Back(Pack)” is being coordinated by volunteers at Murphy Desmond lawyers as well as...

Contact: Joshua Morby (414) 791-9120 The American Coalition for Ethanol will be holding a conference on August 11-13 at Milwaukee’s Midwest Airlines Center. Among other things, the event will include: * Updates from political officials and about legislation * Updates on corn and cellulose technologies, and E15 and higher blends ...

Contact: Tom Bernd Marketing and Communications Manager DeWitt Ross & Stevens, S.C. 608-252-9356 tsb@dewittross.com MADISON/MILWAUKEE, WI (August 11, 2009) – The Wisconsin Law Journal, committed to providing information on the latest in news for lawyers and judges, honored Michele L. Perreault of DeWitt Ross & Stevens during its inaugural “Up and Coming Lawyers” event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 30, 2009.  The 2009 honorees...

- Innovative solutions enable bank to operate a near-paperless environment - Brookfield, Wis., August 11, 2009 - Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), the leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today announced that GreenChoice Bank, the first "green" community bank in the Midwest, has selected the Premier bank platform from Fiserv to provide an enterprise-wide technology solution. The Chicago-based...

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