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Community Bank & Trust Replaces Disparate Phone Systems and Standardizes on ShoreTel SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ShoreTel(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:SHOR) , a leading provider of Pure IP Unified Communications solutions, today reported the successful implementation of a ShoreTel Unified Communications (UC) solution at Community Bank & Trust in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. With ShoreTel, the bank has reduced monthly toll...

Ring Promotion and New Rider Guide To Help Inspire More Women To Move Into the Driver's Seat MILWAUKEE, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- To help encourage and inspire even more women to take life by the handlebars, Harley-Davidson recently introduced two initiatives: Let Freedom Ring promotion and We Ride - The Harley-Davidson Guide for Women. Women all over the world have...

MADISON - For the 10th consecutive year, University of Wisconsin-Madison students have found themselves floating upside down over the Gulf of Mexico. Seven students from the UW-Madison ZeroG team spent a week in April at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, participating in the annual NASA Reduced Gravity Student Program, which allows students to propose, design and test...

Madison, Wis.—July 8, 2008 – The Wisconsin Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association (WPMCA) is pleased to introduce Pam Christenson as the new director of public affairs for the organization. “Pam will be an important addition to our team,” says Matt Hauser, president of the WPMCA. “Her extensive experience with small business owners should prove valuable to our members. She...

Green Bay, Wisconsin (July 8, 2008). Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. is pleased to announce that Timothy F. Nixon, a shareholder and team leader of the firm's Business Finance and Restructuring Practice Group, has co-authored a First Focus special report book, The Increase in Prepackaged Chapter 11s, published by Aspatore Books of Boston. Featuring partners from the nation's leading law...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Summer means school is out and its time for families to take a break from hectic schedules and reconnect with a family vacation. For those making last minute summer travel plans, the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau, Inc. (Orlando CVB) is offering 100 value options, including special airfare rates through AirTran Airways. The dedicated Web...

'Ideas to Profits' Conference: October 1-2, 2008 at Radisson Paper Valley Hotel ­ Appleton, WI Released: July 8, 2008 WHITEWATER -- The annual ³Ideas to Profits² Conference, sponsored by the Wisconsin Innovation Service Center (WISC), Whitewater, will be held Oct. 1-2, 2008 in Appleton, WI at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel. This will be the first time the event has been held in the ³Near...

In September 1970, I enrolled as a freshman at what is now called the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point. I decided to enroll at “Point” based almost entirely on the fact that I had spent four summers in the late 1960s as an unpaid laborer on my uncle’s cucumber farm. Uncle Roman and Aunt Blanche didn’t have children...

By Brian E. Clark RISING Electricity costs We Energies customers are facing a third increase in electricity prices this year, after the Public Service Commission approved a higher rate due to rapidly rising natural gas prices and the soaring price of diesel fuel used by trains bringing coal from Wyoming. Rising natural gas costs for the rest of the year are projected to add $74 million to...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- The stock of Marshall & Ilsley Corp., the parent company of M&I Bank, tumbled to a new 52-week low of $12.50 Monday. This was the first day of trading after the company announced on Thursday it expects to report a second quarter net loss of $1.50 to $1.60 per share as it absorbs up...

Marshall & Ilsley Corp.'s stock tumbled today, the first day of trading after the company announced on Thursday it expects to report a second quarter net loss of $1.50 to $1.60 per share as it absorbs up to $900 million in losses in the deteriorating housing market. "The continuing deterioration in the housing market, particularly in Arizona, on Florida's west...