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CONTACT: Chris Marschman, Communications Specialist, 608-261-6705 On the web: http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/newsreleases/2009/unemployment/0509_state_lmi.pdf Unadjusted Data MADISON – Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman announced today that Wisconsin’s unemployment rate for May was 8.7 percent, down 0.1 percentage points from April's 8.8 percent, and down 0.7 percentage points from March's 9.4 percent. The May rate was 4.5 percentage points higher than the rate of...

Contacts: Carla Vigue, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today announced that Exact Sciences Corporation has received a $1-million loan from the Department of Commerce to relocate its headquarters and operations from Marlboro,...

CONTACT: Janet Kelly, 608-890-1491 MADISON - The perspectives of the inventor, investor and CEO of Madison's rising startup radiopharmaceutical company Cellectar Inc. will be the focus of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation's Gilson Discovery Series event, to be held at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24, at the Fluno Center, 601 University Ave. Cellectar, which is developing therapies to detect,...

Contact: Lois Smith (262) 472-1343 smithl@uww.edu WHITEWATER ­ Readers of Corporate Report Wisconsin continue to recognize the strength of the College of Business and Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. For the second year in a row, the college was named a best school for online business education by readers of the monthly business magazine. "We are honored that the business community in Wisconsin...

Contact: Jessica Iverson, 608-266-2300, jessica.iverson@revenue.wi.gov MADISON – The Department of Revenue (DOR) today issued a reminder that real estate transfer returns (RETR) must be filed electronically effective July 1, 2009. The change is part of 2007 Act 219, signed by Governor Doyle on April 7, 2008. Since the legislation was enacted, the e-file rate for RETRs has climbed...

Contact: Noah Seligman, 608-215-9370 The Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities passes AB 256, wind siting reform, on a 10-2 vote The 12-member Assembly Committee on Energy & Utilities voted 10-2 to advance AB 256 (Senate companion SB 185), wind siting reform, to the full Assembly. The vote was bipartisan, with six Democrats and four...

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, June 18, 2009 – ActionCOACH of Elm Grove announces the June graduation class of BusinessRICH, the two-day business boot-camp that supplies the fundamentals of building a successful business model. Coach Jim Palzewicz of ActionCOACH of Elm Grove said, “We congratulate these business owners for...