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By Dustin Choy For WisBusiness.com MILWAUKEE – A software program customized for the financial management needs of major sports teams and athletic departments is one of 21 business plans still in the running for the 2009 Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. Innovative Sports Strategies was created by Milwaukee resident Brian Cole, who believes major sports teams are losing out on money and...

By Tracy Will For WisBusiness.com MADISON -- Experts in economics, education, and entrepreneurship joined key business leaders Monday to chart a course out of the current economic downturn. "We believe that the way you get out of recessions and the economic doldrums is to grow your way out," Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce President James Haney told the Wisconsin Way economic...

Contact: Refuge Manager Don Hultman (507) 452-4232 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today published a proposed rule in the Federal Register to amend the hunting regulations for the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. The amendments will implement the final major recreation changes outlined in the Refuge’s Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) approved in 2006. The public has 30 days...

CONTACT: Kristal Kowalski, Public Relations Assistant PHONE: 414- 847- 6049 FAX: 414-302- 0351 E-MAIL: kjkowalski@wisconsin.bbb.org Milwaukee, Wis. – The Better Business Bureau will host a...

Hosted “Metrix OnDemand” solution to help field service organizations through recession Milwaukee, WI (April 28, 2009) – Metrix, the field service software company, today announced their new software-as-a-service (SaaS) product, called “Metrix OnDemand,” at the Field Service 2009 conference near Palm Springs, California. The new Metrix offering enables companies to utilize an internet-based service to automate their field service...

Contacts: Julissa Salamanca, BioSentinel Pharmaceuticals LLC 949-273-5409 jsalamanca@biosentinelpharma.com Dr. Bill Checovich, 608-334-1778 BoTest™ A/E Product information Web site: http://www.biosentinelpharma.com MADISON – A breakthrough test to rapidly and accurately detect small amounts of the most deadly strains of botulinum toxin has been released by BioSentinel Pharmaceuticals LLC, a Madison-based company. The company’s new “BoTest”™ offers nearly a 300-fold increase in sensitivity compared to other botulinum neurotoxin protein-based assays...

CONTACT Linda Profaizer National Assn of RV Parks & Campgrounds (303) 681-0401 lprofaizer@arvc.org LARKSPUR, Colo., April 2009 – Private campgrounds and RV resorts are collectively moving ahead with plans to spend millions of dollars in capital improvement projects this year, despite the recession, according to private park operators and industry officials. “The recession is temporary, and most campground and RV resort operators believe that it...