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By WisBusiness.com Staff Gov. Jim Doyle announced a trade agreement between the Wisconsin Ginseng Board and a Chinese company today he said will result in $12 million for state producers over the next five years. The agreement, which stems from Doyle's trade mission to Asia in September, will make the Tong Ren Tang company the exclusive distributor of Wisconsin ginseng in...

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Contact: Tony Hozeny, 608/267-9661 $13 Million Project Will Create 25 Jobs in Madison MADISON– Department of Commerce (Commerce) Secretary Richard J. Leinenkugel today joined Danisco USA, Inc. officials to break ground on a new $13 million expansion at their Madison facility to house a new frozen storage freezer. The addition will greatly improve the company’s ability to meet the demands of...

Contact: Jimmy Peltier (262) 472-5474 peltierj@uww.edu WHITEWATER ­ The economy today is not the economy of two years ago. Along with the recent recession, changes in the way businesses market themselves to potential customers along with the ever-increasing pressure to be environmentally friendly have led to drastic changes in the way many companies do business. With this in mind, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's...

Contact: Andy Ciganek (262) 472-6946 ciganeka@uww.edu WHITEWATER ­ The ability to work with others from around the world has become an important skill for students to learn as the business world becomes increasingly global. A new information technology course at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater is helping business students acquire the necessary skills to work internationally. Professor Andy Ciganek and his project management course...

CONTACT: Menzie Chinn, 608-262-7397, mchinn@lafollette.wisc.edu MADISON - As the financial markets melted down last fall, University of Wisconsin-Madison economist Menzie Chinn says he was surprised not only by the depth of the economic downturn that set in, but also by the certainty of Monday-morning quarterbacking from observers of the government's response to the crisis. "It's easy to criticize, but unless you've...

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