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MADISON - From May 1, 2007 through October 1, 2007, Wisconsin collected over $1.5 million through the Multistate Tax Shelter Voluntary Compliance Program. This program encouraged taxpayers to pay taxes they previously avoided using transactions identified as “abusive tax shelters.” The Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) coordinated this program.   In the recently agreed upon compromise budget, Governor Doyle included a...

Madison – Mayor Dave Cieslewicz today named Gerald Pace as the new City Treasurer. The City Treasurer is responsible for managing the city’s assets, including the City and the Madison Metropolitan School District’s $400 million investment portfolio. Pace was formerly the Chief Financial Officer for the Department of Revenue.   “Gerald Pace brings a wealth of experience to this critical position,”...

MADISON, Wis., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Guild, Inc., the leading source of artist-made home decor products and gifts, is launching The Artful Home Show in New York City's Puck Building, November 16 through 18. For the first time since its founding as an e-commerce site in 1998, the company will physically present the work of its artists in...

In anticipation of the candy season - those sugar-packed months stretching from Halloween through Easter, marked by a succession of candy corn, chocolate turkeys, ribbon candy, candy hearts and chocolate eggs - University of Wisconsin-Madison food scientist Rich Hartel answers some questions about candy and the candy business. Hartel has co-authored textbooks on ice cream and candy-making and helps...

Cutting-edge products give advantage to law enforcement and military FORT ATKINSON, Wis., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Consider the edge military and law enforcement personnel would gain if they could see through walls. Many lives might be saved. At the recent International Association of Police Chiefs Conference, Cygnus Business Media's Law Enforcement Group honored just such a product, Camero's revolutionary...

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Midwest Airlines (AMEX:MEH) has announced the appointment of Michael J. Brophy as vice president of corporate communications. He will join Milwaukee's hometown airline on November 5. In his new role, Brophy will oversee the company's corporate communications, including media relations, news and financial communications, employee communications, public affairs, and crisis management communications. He will also...

MADISON—Community-based organizations and local officials seeking to promote business growth and development will want to apply for project funding through Community-Based Economic Development (CBED) Program in the Department of Commerce (Commerce).  Application deadline is December 7, 2007.    “The CBED Program is a key tool for  developing strong organizational capacity to support local economic development activities,” said Commerce Secretary Mary P....