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(Middleton, Wis., January 3, 2008) – West Business Services, today announced the opening of their new national B2B Sales Center in the Madison, Wis. area. The National Sales Center will bring, at capacity, more than 300 jobs to the company’s new facility located in the Wisconsin Trade Center building at 8401 Greenway Boulevard, Middleton, Wisconsin.   West Business Services intends...

NEENAH, Wis., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Cheryl Perkins, President and Founder of Innovationedge, has announced a partnership with the UK-based research firm Pure Insight. The partnership will provide real-world insights and innovation best practices from thought-leading practitioners via a library of Web-based presentations. Innovationedge will be the sole U.S. solutions provider to host Pure Insight Web seminars, or "Webinars," which...

2008 Project Orange Thumb(SM) Program Inspires Creative Expression SAUK CITY, Wis., Jan. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Since 2003, Fiskars has inspired and encouraged creative expression through gardening with Project Orange Thumb. To promote sustainable agriculture, horticultural education, community involvement as well as neighborhood beautification, ten grants will be offered in 2008. Community organizations, schools, gardening clubs, senior centers or other groups interested...

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (NYSE:MI) today announced it will release its fourth quarter 2007 earnings on Tuesday, January 15, at 8:00 a.m. (Central Standard Time). A conference call will be held at 11:00 a.m. (CST). Individuals interested in listening should call (888) 711-1825 and ask for M&I's quarterly earnings release conference call. A replay...

Author Reveals Easy-to-Follow Tips to Save Time, Money and Frustration on Car Rentals MILWAUKEE, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Renting a car can be an overwhelming experience. Knowing the right questions to ask can make the process run much smoother. From nine years experience working as an agency operator for one of the largest car rental companies in the world,...

MADISON, Wis., Jan. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- WealthCounsel, LLC, the nation's premier community of estate planning attorneys, today announced that the number of law firms holding membership in the organization surpassed the 1000 mark as the year came to a close on December 31, 2007. The 10-year-old membership organization is widely known for its WealthDocs(TM) document drafting system -- the...

Aerosmith and Kid Rock Set to HOG the Stage at the Harley Owners Group 25th Anniversary Concert at Miller Park - MILWAUKEE, Jan. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.) announced that legendary rockers Aerosmith and Kid Rock will headline its 25th Anniversary concert at Miller Park, home of the Milwaukee Brewers, on Thurs., Aug. 28, 2008....

New Corporate Headquarters Expected to Bring More Than 1,000 Jobs to State   PLEASANT PRAIRIE – Governor Jim Doyle today announced a financial assistance package worth over $6 million to help ULINE build a new distribution center and bring more than 1,000 jobs to southeastern Wisconsin.  ULINE, the nation’s leading distributor of industrial, packing and shipping materials, will move its headquarters...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – Rod Nilsestuen, 59, has been around the dairy industry for all of his life. But he can’t remember a year as good as 2007, when state dairies produced 24.1 billion pounds of milk – the greatest amount since 1990 - and millions of dollars poured into farms and cheese plants. The secretary of the...

You’re hearing the R-Word used when people talk about business in 2008.   Some are predicting the American economy is entering a recession while others are saying that is too severe of a forecast and just slower growth will occur. Factors like high fuel costs, the weak dollar, mortgage foreclosures, high credit card debt, government spending on the war in Iraq...

The partial collapse of the roof at Johnson Creek Junior and Senior High School last month and the collapse of a roof sheltering the Stoughton School District’s buses are the latest in a series of troubling reminders about the state of Wisconsin’s public infrastructure.   The issue of how well our roads, public buildings and other infrastructure systems are prepared to...