AG Van Hollen: Wisconsin borrowers to receive restitution from Countrywide; other settlement money continues to be used towards mediation programs
For More Information Contact:
Bill Cosh 608/266-1221
“I am pleased that this settlement will now provide direct relief to Countrywide customers who lost their homes to foreclosure.” - Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen
MADISON - The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today that Bank of America (BOA), which acquired Countrywide Financial Corporation in 2008,...
UWM: Engineer creates software that predicts stem cell fate
MILWAUKEE — A software program created by an engineer at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM) can not only predict the types of specialized cells a stem cell will produce, but also foresee the outcome before the stem cell even divides.
The software, developed by Andrew Cohen, an assistant professor of electrical engineering, is 87 percent accurate in determining the specific...
GMCC: Announces Dane County Board candidate endorsements
Contact: Jessica Burda, (608) 443-1952
This media release is also available on the GMCC website - http://www.greatermadisonchamber.com/about/press_room/45
Madison – For the first time in its history, the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce (GMCC) has endorsed candidates for the Dane County Board of Supervisors. Representing more than 1,500 member businesses, the GMCC serves as a voice for businesses throughout the region.
The...
Dept. of Revenue: Wisconsin Economic Outlook released; job growth expected to pick up later in 2010
Contact: Linda Barth
608-266-6466
linda.barth@revenue.wi.gov
MADISON –Wisconsin will start to recover jobs in the second quarter of 2010, according to the quarterly Wisconsin Economic Outlook released today by the Department of Revenue. Total state employment declined by 4.0% in 2009 but is expected to start recovering in the second quarter of 2010 and show positive annual growth toward 2011.
The report also shows...
Wisconsin Academy: “Stitched Ground: Four Artists Embroider the Land” opens at the James Watrous Gallery
Contact: Jason A. Smith, communications director
Martha Glowacki, co-director, James Watrous Gallery
MADISON—Stitched Ground: Four Artists Embroider the Land, which runs from February 23–April 11, is a collaboration between the James Watrous Gallery and the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Design Gallery. Jody Clowes, Design Gallery curator, conceived Stitched Ground as an exploration of landscape through the painstaking and richly textured medium of...
Thrive: Announces additional grant funding to bring more Wisconsin businesses to BIO 2010
Contact: Jennifer Smith, Dir. of Communications, Thrive, 608-443-1961 jsmith@thrivehere.org
Madison, WI Region--Thrive has been awarded $2,000 in the form of a Partnership Grant from Alliant Energy to put towards the Small Business Scholarship Program for the May 2010 International BIO Convention in Chicago.
This means that additional funding is now available to regional biotech companies in medical, medical device, agriculture, energy,...
