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MILWAUKEE, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- United Vacations is helping customers book affordable vacation packages to all US destinations (including Hawaii), Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe and Canada with savings up to 40% through July 31st. Terms of the deal require customers complete their travel by December 31, 2008. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080107/AQM223LOGO) The field is wide open with the option to book a wide...

MADISON –The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation supports the decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to release Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres for livestock grazing in 40 Wisconsin counties affected by recent flooding. “This is a timely and proper response from the USDA at a time of historic flooding to our farmland,” said Bill Bruins, president of the...

MILWAUKEE, July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MGIC Investment Corporation (NYSE:MTG) has announced plans to release its 2nd quarter 2008 financial results before the market opens on Thursday, July 17, 2008. A conference call/webcast has been scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to allow securities analysts and shareholders the opportunity to hear Management discuss the Company's results for the quarter ended...

MILWAUKEE, July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Manpower Inc. (NYSE:MAN) today announced that it plans to release 2nd quarter earnings results before the market opens on Friday, July 18, 2008. Management will discuss the results the same day in a live webcast at 7:30 a.m. CDT (8:30 a.m. EDT), which can be accessed on the company's website at http://investor.manpower.com/. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060221/CGTU012LOGO) The webcast...

MILWAUKEE, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Midwest Air Group, Inc. today reported June performance data for Midwest Airlines and Midwest Connect. Midwest Air Group, Inc. - Performance Report ...

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...