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CONTACT: Melissa Anderson, 608-262-9213, mkanderson@bus.wisc.edu MADISON - The Wisconsin School of Business will attract some of the brightest real estate students from the top business schools in Asia, Europe and Latin America with a highly innovative Global Real Estate Master (GREM) program. The program builds on the Wisconsin School of Business's expertise and tradition in real estate education, strong alumni...

Contact: Debbie Crave Phone: 920-478-4887 Waterloo, Wis. – Debbie Crave, vice president at Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese, has received the highest award conferred by the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. The award was presented at a banquet and ceremony at UW-Madison by College Dean and Director Molly Jahn. Jahn said the Honorary...

Contact: Joshua Morby 414.791.9120 Xcel Energy Corp. will move forward converting their Ashland power plant from coal to biomass after the Public Service Commission unanimously voted in favor of the project last week. Here are a few facts about the project: * Expected to be complete in 2012, the plant will be the largest in the...

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 MADISON - Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen today announced that Thomas A. Callaghan has agreed to pay fines and costs totaling $5,000 for his unlawful discharge of pollutants into the waters of the state without a permit – namely, metal shavings from Tremplo Manufacturing, Inc., into a...

CONTACT: Thad Nation, (414) 412-7814 (MADISON, Wis.)—State businesses continue to show support for Clean, Responsible Energy for Wisconsin’s Economy (CREWE) and its role in developing and advocating for environmental policies as the coalition announced today that Kranz, Inc. has joined. Kranz, a cleaning supplies, paper products and packaging distributor, is looking forward to helping...

University Relations and Communications, 715-346-3046, Fax 715-346-2042, http://www.uwsp.edu/news A water resources official for the Kingdom of Jordan is the first speaker in the GEM Critical Issues International Seminar Series this academic year at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Susan Kilani, director of Resources Quality Protection for Jordan, will present “Water Resource Issues in Jordan: Facing Limits in an Arid Environment” at...

Web site link: http://www.wfbf.com/archivej/htmArchive/showPage.aspx?page=15653.htm&id=15653 Contact: Casey Langan, Director of Public Relations 608-828-5711 MADISON – The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation wants to make sure hunters and rural landowners are aware of Wisconsin’s trespass law, prior to the state’s gun deer season, Nov. 21-29. “Good communications between hunters...

MADISON, WISCONSIN (11/11/09) – Wisconsinmade.com, an e-commerce gourmet food and gift store, is happy to announce the addition of Marlene's Premiere Desserts to its growing family of Wisconsin artisans. Wisconsinmade.com carefully selects only the finest-quality products made in Wisconsin and offers them for sale on the Internet. "We are delighted that Marlene's fabulous rum cakes are now on our...

Welcome to episode four of "WisBusiness: The Show," a new twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. This episode includes the Wisconsin Stock Report. Commentary from the Wisconsin Technology Council President Tom Still, and an interview with Tim Keane, director of the Marquette Golden Angels Network. Click here to see the show, produced by Tweedee Media of...

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By WisBusiness Staff Wisconsin’s projected job loss from the recession has improved slightly since June. But a new economic forecast from the Department of Revenue still projects a peak-to-trough job loss of 143,000, about 5 percent of total employment in the state. That’s down slightly from the projection of 155,300 lost jobs that was released this summer. The report also...