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Contact: Ryan Wickens Marketing Communications 414-978-8013 ryan@buffalowaterbeer.com MILWAUKEE - Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 3 p.m. The "Shortest and Smallest St. Patricks Day Parade" will kick off in about one and a half hours in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward at The Irish Pub (124 N. Water St., corner of N. Water & E. Erie streets) where you will receive a free beer if you...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: KARIN BORGH 608/277-2508 The 8th Annual International Bioethics Forum in Madison, WI on Thursday and Friday, April 23-24, will focus on “Sustainability.” Featuring a series of keynote speakers and discussion sessions, the Bioethics Forum is designed to provide the public with access to accurate scientific information and discussion of related social and ethical issues. This year's...

CONTACT: Karin Borgh, (608) 277-2508, karin.borgh@btci.org MADISON - A cadre of North America's leading stem cell scientists will be in Madison April 15 for the Fourth Annual Wisconsin Stem Cell Symposium: Cancer, Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells. The public symposium, coordinated by the University of Wisconsin Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center and the BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute, brings together...

CONTACT: Jim Schram, President InnoTech, Inc. Phone: 414.433.4953 Fax: 414.433.4720 E-mail: jschram@innotechinc.com Web: http://www.innotechinc.com Wauwatosa, WI, March 17, 2009 – InnoTech of Wauwatosa is marking its tenth year in business this year. InnoTech was founded in February 1999 by Jim Schram with the idea of providing technology services with passion, integrity and innovation. Over the years,...

MEDIA CONTACT: Mark Treichel Hoffman York (414) 225-9554 mtreichel@hyc.com - Applications due April 30, 2009 for up to $80,000 in funding - MADISON, Wis. (March 17, 2009) - Focus on Energy, Wisconsin's energy efficiency and renewable energy initiative, announced new staffing grants today to help businesses, manufacturers, farms, schools and government facilities throughout the state complete energy efficiency projects. "Businesses don't need to let staffing issues...

Company reiterates plan to discontinue coal use Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) has received notification from the Midwest Independent System Operator (Midwest ISO) that in order to meet national electric system reliability standards, MGE will need to keep its Blount Station available at full capacity until Midwest ISO declares the 90 megawatts (MW) MGE desires to retire are no longer...

Contact: Joshua Morby (414) 791-9120 Ethanol has an important role in protecting and improving our environment and natural resources. Here are some statistics about how ethanol and E85 help reduce global warming: * Using E85 instead of gasoline can reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 20% to 30%. CO2 is a primary contributor to global climate change....

By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com By some measures, all banks in Wisconsin struggled in 2008 as the recession took hold of the economy. But Badger State community banks – which generally have assets of less than $1 billion and make up 96 percent of Wisconsin’s banks – finished the year with a 33 percent increase in net loans and leases. “That is...

All my life, time and timepieces have fascinated me. I can still remember how proud I was when, in kindergarten; I learned to tell time using a paper clock made from colored construction paper, a pushpin, and a red crayon. In junior high, I got an A in shop for building an early version of a digital...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- By some measures, all banks in Wisconsin struggled last year as the recession took hold of the economy. But community banks in the Badger State finished the year 2008 with an increase of more than 30 percent in net loans and leases. The leader of the group representing smaller banks -- the Community Bankers...

By Tammy McCubbin For WisBusiness.com Gov. Jim Doyle today announced a $240 million investment in UW-Milwaukee as part of his capital budget that would allow the school to move forward on building projects for science and engineering, freshwater science and public health.   The money comes in addition to more than $100 million the school has raised from private donors...