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Toni Sikes, an entrepreneur who built the nation’s largest online arts retailer from a warehouse on Madison’s near East Side, will receive the sixth annual “Seize the Day” award at the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference. The award, which celebrates entrepreneurial leaders who have been crucial to Wisconsin’s economic growth, is named in honor of the late Ken Hendricks, a Beloit businessman...

For More Information Contact Brenda Campbell Make A Difference - Wisconsin 414-273-8101 Milwaukee, Wisc. – Seven of the region's leading investment professionals will share wisdom and advice in a unique forum to benefit Make A Difference – Wisconsin on Wednesday, June 10, 2009. With their independent perspectives, the presenters will offer an evaluation of where the economy and markets are headed, and attendees...

MILWAUKEE—“JavaFX, Zembly, Ruby, and SOA” are topics being presented at a full-day workshop at the University of Wisconsin−Milwaukee Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business Center for Technology Innovation on Friday, June 26, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. in room N146, Lubar Hall, 3202 N. Maryland Ave. This workshop includes an introduction to JavaFX technology for those who want to build rich Internet...

MILWAUKEE—The Deloitte Center for Multistate Taxation at the Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee hosts the 13th Annual Multistate Tax Institute on Thursday, June 18, at the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel, 375 S. Moorland Rd. in Brookfield, Wis. “Particularly in today’s tough economic environment, it’s critical for companies to be able to effectively navigate multistate...

Contact: Bill Rubin/Jacki Bradham, St. Croix EDC, 715-381-4383 Roberts Resident Elected President; Residents of Baldwin, Somerset, and Woodville Complete Slate of Executive Officers; River Falls Resident Completes Tenure on EDC Board; North Hudson Resident Completes Term as President; ...

Contact Information Tina Klein - owner, marketing director FinditCityWide.com Headquarters, Menasha, Wisconsin Phone: 920-740-5382 Fax: 920-886-7524 Email: tina@finditcitywide.com FinditCityWide.com, a one of a kind website directory service founded by Tina Klein, a native of Wisconsin, announces its initial roll out of the Midwest Region of the US. On August 1st, 2009, FinditCityWide.com will publish 33 of 700 USA regions....

CONTACT: Faramarz Vakili, 608-265-2757, fvakili@fpm.wisc.edu; Tom Wright, 608-262-2257, thwright@wisc.edu MADISON - At restaurants and cafeterias, consumers have grown accustomed to seeing a line of waste containers for recycling glass, plastic and paper items. Important as those bins are for reducing the burden on landfills, they overlook a major source of waste: the food left on diners' plates. Food accounts for...

Contact: Neil Stechschulte Telephone: 608-825-0894 Email: nstechschulte@cityofsunprairie.com More than 60 Attendees Come to This First Time Event to Learn More About the Wind Energy Supply Chain Here in Wisconsin The Sun Prairie Economic Development Council (EDC) hosted what was billed as a “Wind Power Happy Hour” on Thursday May 21st. The purpose...

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, May 27, 2009 – ActionCOACH of Elm Grove announces the graduation class of ActionCLUB #17, the intensive, 4-month program that supplies the fundamentals of building a successful business model. This is the seventeenth group to successfully complete the series of workshops. ActionCLUB #18...

By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com The best wind energy is west of Wisconsin, and that's part of the reason a better power transmission system is key to ramping up wind production, the head of Northern States Power Co. says. “There is a saying in the wind industry that if you like wind, then you gotta love transmission,” says Michael Swenson,...

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