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Free event to offer information for buyers and sellers in today’s changing market FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Knox (262) 797-3323 * * * BROOKFIELD, Wis. – Prudential ABSOLUTE REALTORS and North Shore Bank today announced they will hold a free home buying and selling seminar on Saturday, Feb. 14. The free seminar will be from 10 a.m. to noon at North Shore Bank,...

Milwaukee, WI – Re Ink, LLC., is implementing an online service for local college students to buy and sell textbooks The service is provided free of charge. BkBid.com, is a free online service using an auction based format allowing students to list books they want to sell and bid on texts they need for upcoming classes. University Wisconsin Milwaukee's (UWM)...

MADISON, Wis.-- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, UW Small Molecule Screening Facility, and Promega Corporation Partner to Sponsor a Chemical Genomics Symposium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Feb 6th. The symposium will feature how small molecule screening is expanding from pharmaceutical drug discovery into academic research. Jim Inglese, the Deputy Director of NIH (National Institutes of Health) Chemical Genomics Center, will...

Contacts: Dana LaFontsee, danalaf@uwm.edu, 414-227-3378 Cathy Prescher, cdp@uwm.edu, 414-227-3143 Message will focus on the business case for sustainability for senior leadership MILWAUKEE, January 21, 2009 - Senior business leaders will hear strong evidence supporting the business case for sustainability at the “Executive Summit on Sustainable Business: Tackling a Tough Economy with Sustainability Strategies,” from 7:15 am-12:15 pm, on Tue., March 3,...

Press Contact Jennifer Hacker Olsen 952.548.3389 jolsen@wipfli.com Milwaukee, Wisconsin (January 23, 2008) — Wipfli LLP announced today that it has created a multi-disciplinary task force to help companies navigate the current economic crisis. Wipfli’s Troubled Economy – Surviving and Thriving (TEST) task force brings together Wipfli’s top accounting, tax and consulting talent to assess a company’s strategy, vital signs and business practices to...

For more information, contact: Cheryl Van Tessier, Finesse Public Relations LLC (608) 467-4408, ctessier@finessepr.net Rebecca Gerothanas, Summit Credit Union (608) 243-5000x4700, rebecca.gerothanas@summitcreditunion.com MADISON, Wis. —Shannon Griswold has joined Summit Credit Union as president of STAR Credit Union, the only youth-chartered credit union, located in the Boys & Girls Club in Madison. Griswold brings a background in both banking and social work to the position. ...

Contact: Erika Olsen KL Engineering, Inc. 608-663-1218 608-663-1226 eolsen@klengineering.com http://www.klengineering.com Madison, WI, January 23, 2009 – KL Engineering is pleased to announce that Ryan Schanhofer, P.E. has joined the firm as Construction Manager. Schanhofer has over ten years of engineering experience in construction management and transportation engineering. Schanhofer earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of...

From: Batzner Pest Management 16948 W. Victor Rd. New Berlin, WI 53151 Contact: Jerry Batzner, 262-797-4160 or Jordan Fox 414-352-2645 (New Berlin, January 23, 2009) -- Embracing the pressing need to fight hunger in Wisconsin, Batzner Pest Management, New Berlin, will donate 100 new duffel bags...

Contact: Donna Gilson 608-224-5130 MADISON – A second stallion quarantined in Outagamie County has tested positive for contagious equine metritis, or CEM, a treatable reproductive disease of horses. The National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa, reported the positive test result Thursday afternoon, Jan. 22. The stallion, a 4-year-old Paint, has been quarantined since Jan. 16, when state animal health...

Contact: Bill Rubin/Jacki Bradham St. Croix EDC 715-381-4383 ### Richard J. Leinenkugel, the Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Commerce, will speak at St. Croix EDC’s Business of the Year banquet on Thursday, February 19, 2009 at R&D Banquet Hall in rural New Richmond. He has served as Commerce Secretary since late September 2008 and his family has deep roots in Wisconsin with the...