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CONTACT: Terry Shelton, 608-262-3038, shelton@lafollette.wisc.edu MADISON - Two national experts will join more than a dozen Wisconsin researchers and government officials in April in Madison at a symposium aimed at helping Wisconsin communities avoid devastating floods like those that inundated the Midwest last year. Gerry Galloway, of the University of Maryland, and Ray Burby, of the University of North Carolina at...

CONTACT: Barb Ingham (UW-EX) 608-263-7383 Donna Gilson (DATCP) 608-224-5130 MADISON -- Small food processors looking to join the buy-local trend...

Remarks of President Barack Obama—As prepared for delivery March 30, 2009 Washington, DC One of the challenges we have confronted from the beginning of this administration is what to do about the state of our struggling auto industry. In recent months, my Auto Task Force has been reviewing requests by General Motors and Chrysler for additional government assistance as well as plans...

Belgian supermarket chain streamlines supply chain via online portal NINOVE, Belgium – RedPrairie Corporation, a world leading consumer driven optimisation company, announced that supermarket chain Delhaize will optimize its supply chain with the scheduling and collaboration functionality of the RedPrairie Transportation Management solution. Five Delhaize distribution centres (DCs) will use the solution to manage inbound deliveries more efficiently and...

MADISON, WI. March 30, 2009 – A drug development program aimed at enhancing an effective yet toxic anti-fungal drug will now receive additional funding by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID). Centrose, a biopharmaceutical company focused on making drugs better using its CarboConnectTM Platform, received notice today from the NIAID that its...

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Contact: Nicole Breunig 608-224-5080 (office) 608-235-0785 (cell phone) nicole.breunig@wi.gov MADISON –Six finalists have been named in the recruitment for Wisconsin’s 62nd Alice in...

University Relations and Communications, 715-346-3046, Fax 715-346-2042, http://www.uwsp.edu/news Alfred Bader, founder of the Sigma-Aldrich Chemical Company in Milwaukee, will present three lectures at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP) April 1 – 3. The lectures will touch on the history of the Aldrich Chemical company, the joys of collecting art and his personal art collection, and how scientific discovery as...

MEDIA CONTACT: Mark Treichel Hoffman York (414) 225-9554 mtreichel@hyc.com - Focus on Energy earns the award for protecting the environment through energy efficiency - MADISON, Wis. (March 30, 2009) - Residents and businesses throughout the state are reaping the benefits of having one of the most successful energy efficiency and renewable energy programs in the country right here in Wisconsin. On March 31, 2009...



People are changing their mindset on how to dress in the workplace with the current economic situation.  After all, these are interesting times and interesting times call for interesting measures ... or something like that. 
  
I wanted to start off by sharing a few tid-bits from a recent article: ''Worried Lawyers Embrace Gordon Gekko’s Wardrobe."

Fear of layoffs has...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- MIC in Milwaukee has provided notice to the state that it will close its 5880 91st Street Milwaukee facility on May 26. The closure will affect 69 workers. -- Gov. Jim Doyle and Dane Count Exec. Kathleen Falk are due to announce a major investment in the Greater Madison area today at 11:45 a.m. at...