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For more information, contact Eric Skrum , 608/441-1216, eskrum@wisbank.com The only accurate financial institution rating is issued by regulators ( MADISON ) – The public and media shouldn’t place any credibility in ratings of financial institutions prepared by private companies, according to the Wisconsin Bankers Association (WBA). The only accurate rating is the one issued by government regulatory agencies, and they...

For more information, contact Eric Skrum, 608/441-1216, eskrum@wisbank.com Depository banks urge passage of Economic Stabilization package (MADISON) – Kurt Bauer, president/CEO of Wisconsin Bankers Association, issued the following statement regarding the impending vote in the US Senate on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. “Wisconsin FDIC-insured depository banks – which are very different from non-FDIC-insured Wall Street investment banks – support the announced...

CONTACT: Sheri Rice Bentley (608) 232-2300 / sheriricebentley@knupp-watson.com Ten Local Non-profits Selected for Fourth Annual Goodstock™ MADISON, Wis. – Oct. 1, 2008 – Knupp & Watson, a strategic communications agency in Madison, Wis., offering advertising, marketing, public relations and interactive services, has selected 10 local non-profit organizations for its fourth annual Goodstock™. But this year, the event has been expanded to...

CONTACT: Deborah Stapel: 414.908.2204 deborahs@tushaus.com Milwaukee, WI. – Gregg Tushaus, owner and CEO of Tushaus Computer Services, has been elected to the UWM Foundation Board of Directors. Tushaus graduated from the University of Milwaukee in 1986 with a Bachelor of Business Administration. After being elected as a Director to...

In a WisBusiness comparison of stock prices for companies with substantial Wisconsin operations, three large-equipment manufacturers were among the biggest percentage losers in the quarter that ended Tuesday. The stock prices of mining equipment companies Joy Global and Bucyrus International both declined by more than 35 percent, while Manitowoc Co., which makes large cranes and is involved in the...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com VIROQUA, Vernon County – It’s grape harvest time all over the country, including western Wisconsin. For Bob Starks and his business partner Loren Cade, who also serves as winemaker for Vernon Vineyards, that means walking the rows in their vineyards with friends and neighbors, hand-cutting clusters of grapes for crushing and making wine. Starks, who switched...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- In a WisBusiness comparison of stock prices for companies with substantial Wisconsin operations, three large-equipment manufacturers were among the biggest percentage losers in the quarter that ended Tuesday. The stock prices of mining equipment companies Joy Global and Bucyrus International both declined by more than 35 percent, while Manitowoc Co., which makes large cranes...