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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...

CONTACT: Diane Raney, 19203560818 maurices shares holiday fashion advice Beaver Dam, WI – Go ahead and dress the tree in red and green this holiday season, but you’ll want to be wearing brown, according to the fashion experts at maurices. "Think rich, chocolate, decadent browns," said Diane Raney store manager for maurices. "Colors have been trending this way for awhile, but brown...

CONTACT: Dieter van Melkebeek, 608-262-4196, dieter@cs.wisc.edu MADISON - A computer team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison got official notification on Nov. 10 that it will be heading to Harbin, China, for the world championship in February. UW-Madison has sent a team to the world finals for nine years running, says team coach, associate professor of computer science Dieter van Melkebeek. A team...

CONTACT: Stephanie Jutt, 608-263-0134, sjutt@wisc.edu MADISON - Entrepreneurship programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are supporting innovative thinking and actions. For example, the Wiscontrepreneur program promotes the creation of new businesses and socially beneficial organizations; the Student Venture Seed Grant Program backs up that encouragement with real money; programs at the Wisconsin School of Business rank among the best in the...

Contact: David Baldwin 608-237-1780 Madison, Wisconsin – Central Signal, LLC, a Madison-based company, co-founded by David Baldwin and Masood Akhtar announced today that it has been awarded a $700,000 SBIR Phase II grant entitled “Cost Effective, Power Efficient, Wireless Sensor Network Based Highway Incident Detection & Warning System” from the United States Department of Transportation. Wisconsin Interstate highways are an essential...

CONTACT: Michele Virnig Director of Communications Wisconsin Conference of The United Methodist Church <a href="mailto:mvirnig@wisconsinumc.org">mvirnig@wisconsinumc.org (888) 240-7328 Program to Provide $6 Million of Support to Homeowners Sun Prairie, WI, November 10, 2009 – The Wisconsin Conference of The United Methodist Church, working in partnership with Wisconsin Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (WIVOAD), has been selected to administer the 2008 Flood Recovery Program (FRP) by the State...