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For more information, contact Eric Skrum 608-441-1216 or eskrum@wisbank.com Recommends requiring CUs to serve low income communities (MADISON) Taxpayer subsidized credit unions continue to lag taxpaying banks in serving women, minorities and low- and moderate-income borrowers, according to an updated study released by the Washington, DC-based National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) this week. “Credit unions as a whole are not meeting the...

CONTACT: Dick Jones, Agency Liaison, 608-267-4780 On the web: http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/newsreleases/2009/091109_taa_chrysler_engine_plant_kenosha.pdf Employment, training services for 315 workers displaced by foreign competition MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today announced that 315 dislocated workers at the Chrysler engine plant in Kenosha are eligible to apply for additional re-employment and training services under the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program. “This additional assistance will help these workers...

Contact: Sara Kuhl (262) 472-1194 kuhls@uww.edu WHITEWATER -- A $4.7 million federal Economic Development Administration grant was awarded Thursday to the Whitewater University Technology Park to help fund the Innovation Center and park improvements. The Innovation Center is designed to foster the development of new business-based research conducted by University of Wisconsin-Whitewater faculty and staff and their business partners and is expected to...

Fall Career Connection 2009, the biannual career fair held on the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering campus, offers students an opportunity to meet with 200 employers seeking full-time employees, co-ops and summer interns. This year, small- to medium-sized companies will likely receive significant attention from students who are considering a broad range of opportunities in the difficult economy....

Trip to Japan, China designed to increase awareness of energy efficiency and the role it plays in the global economy MANITOWOC, Wis. — Sept. 11, 2009 — Orion Energy Systems’ (Nasdaq: OESX) vice president of business development and governmental affairs will moderate a panel discussion regarding sustainability at the 41st annual Japan – Midwest US Conference, a joint meeting between...

Media Contact: Angela Cooper Tim O’Brien Homes 262-542-5750 acooper@tobhomes.com Tim O’Brien Homes teams up with We Energies to build twelve solar homes as part of regional study on energy conservation. Waukesha, WI (September 11, 2009) – Tim O’Brien Homes, a certified Green Built™ and Wisconsin ENERGY STAR® home builder, announces a partnership with We Energies to build twelve solar electric homes...

By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com Wisconsin’s battered economy is on the verge of recovering. “I’m optimistically cautious,” says Dennis Winters, the state’s chief economist. “We know we’ve turned the corner. The numbers are better, but not great. “It’s just a question now of how fast we can rise out of here. And that will be dependent on exports and the consumers. But...