NFIB/Wisconsin: Business Day in Madison set for Tuesday
Contact: Bill G. Smith at (608) 255-6083
Jason Brewer at (202) 406-4435
MEDIA ADVISORY
What: Business Day in Madison
When: Tuesday, February 26, 2008
All day
* 7:30 a.m. - NFIB breakfast and legislative briefing featuring presentations by Rep. Leah Vukmir, Chair, Assembly Committee on Health and Health Care Reform; Jack Fischer, Secretary, Wisconsin...
WHEDA: Executive director to address Genesis Enterprise Center tomorrow
Contact: Kate Venne, WHEDA (608) 334-4609
Antonio Riley’s remarks to focus on minority business growth and development
Madison – Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Director Antonio Riley will speak at the Genesis Community Development Corporation’s 10th Anniversary soul food breakfast celebration in honor of Black History Month. The breakfast will take place tomorrow morning, February 26th, at 7:30 a.m. at the...
Gov. Doyle: To Address Business Day in Madison
Contact: Carla Vigue, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162
MEDIA ADVISORY
MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle will discuss his efforts to grow Wisconsin’s economy during an address to 1,000 business executives at “Business Day in Madison” tomorrow, Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 3:30 p.m. at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison.
The Governor’s Grow Wisconsin – The Next Steps agenda seeks to...
UW-Madison: Stem cell pioneer James Thomson named to Morgridge Institute for Research scientific leadership team
CONTACT: Janet Kelly, (608) 890-1491, jkelly@morgridgeinstitute.org
MADISON - The Morgridge Institute for Research, the private, not-for-profit side of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, is announcing the appointment of world-renowned stem cell pioneer and researcher James Thomson as the first member of its multidisciplinary scientific leadership team.
Thomson has accepted the position of director of regenerative biology and will become a principal...
WisBusiness: State looks to financial literacy training as economy struggles
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
MADISON – With savings rates in negative territory, the economy teetering on recession and “unprecedented” access to credit, experts say the need for personal financial literacy is greater than ever before.
“What we are trying to do as a state and a nation is catch up to the changes in our financial system, which has...
Grassroots movement looks to preserve farmland
By Gregg Hoffmann
A grassroots movement has started in Western Wisconsin to preserve farmland for the future.
Jame Servais, a Vernon County Board supervisor and former farmer, La Crosse County planner Charley Handy and several others have started discussions about "purchasing development rights" (PDR) programs
They organized a meeting in La Crosse earlier this month and have tentatively scheduled another for March...
(WisBusiness) MON News Summary — 25 February 2008
From WisBusiness.com ...
-- The majority of Wisconsin businesses are owned by aging baby boomers who will retire sometime over the next 20 years. What then? The cover story of the print edition of this week's Small Business Times is headlined, "What's your exit strategy?" This special report explores the process of determining the best options for...
