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Contacts: GolinHarris Andon Tate, 312.729.4415 atate@golinharris.com or GolinHarris Lindsey Auslander, 312.729.4366 lauslander@golinharris.com Breyers® Double Churn FREE and Klondike® Slim-a-Bear® Help Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth While Keeping Holiday Weight Under Control GREEN BAY, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The holidays are full of sweet treats but winter weight gain shouldn’t be a cause for concern this holiday season. Breyers® Double Churn FREE ice cream...

Contacts: Bender/Helper Impact Shannon McPhee or Marlene Esqueda, 310-473-4147 shannon_mcphee@bhimpact.com marlene_esqueda@bhimpact.com New Royalty-Free Collection Comprises Four Interlocking Catalog Titles MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sony Creative Software today announced the formation of its Artist Integrated “Quartet” of Sony Sound Series loop libraries, with the release of two new Premium Collection tier titles: Parthenon Huxley’s Six-String Orchestra, and Matt Fink: Rock & Pop Keyboard Essentials....

Contacts: SOAR Communications for Ritchey Design Maura Lansford, 801.523.3730(wk) mlansford@soarcomm.com or Pacific Cycle Jenni Schwai, (608) 268-8345 (wk) jschwai@pacific-cycle.com LAKE FOREST & SAN CARLOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GT Bicycles and Ritchey Design Inc. today announced the signing of sponsorship agreements with the Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team, a continental bicycle road cycling team. As a direct result of a strategic partnership...

Contacts: Corporate Contact: Esker, Inc. Renee Thomas, 608-828-6140 renee.thomas@esker.com or Investor Relations Contact: Esker S.A. Emmanuel Olivier, 33 (0)4 72 83 46 46 olivier@esker.fr Leading wholesale distributor implements Esker DeliveryWare to enhance sales order processing and customer relationships MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Esker, Inc., the leader in document process automation solutions, today announced that Outdoor Equipment Distributors (OED), a leading wholesale...

Contact: Kristin Skoug, Marketing Manager, 608-824-2554 kristin.skoug@avidratings.com MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lakewood Homes of Hoffman Estates, Illinois switches from Woodland & O’Brien Associates to AVID Ratings™ Co. of Madison, Wisconsin for customer loyalty management services. By allowing AVID Ratings to be their customer loyalty provider, Lakewood Homes now has the power to uncover their homebuyer’s recent purchasing and home building experience. Detailed...

Media Contact Information: Don Crowther don@giftbasketsdeluxe.com Phone: 262-639-2270 A stark reversal of a 3-year trend, company president says RACINE, Wis., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- In the ongoing battle over whether it's better to use the term "Christmas" or "holidays," "holidays" came out the big winner in 2007. In its fourth annual survey, GiftBasketsDeluxe.com (http://www.giftbasketsdeluxe.com/), a major gift basket company, today announced...

CONTACT: Haven Bourque of Straus Communications +1-415-777-1170, ext 303, Haven@StrausCom.com, for Egg Innovations PORT WASHINGTON, Wis., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Egg Innovations, pioneer of the rapidly expanding cage-free egg market, has been named as a major supplier of cage-free eggs to Compass Group. Compass announced today a landmark policy to implement cage-free shell eggs in its 7,500 units nationally, which...

For More Information Contact: Andy Kurth 608-824-0043 Weed Man of the greater Madison area recently received the “Award of Excellence” at the 2007 International Weed Man Conference in Las Vegas. This award goes to the franchise that exemplifies the highest standards of customer service and value. There are currently more than 200 Weed Man franchises operating in the...

CONTACT: Elaine Seitz, (608) 262-5539, seitze@education.wisc.edu MADISON - Teachers seeking to rejuvenate their history curriculum and reinvigorate student learning within a research-based, standards-linked critical-thinking framework will want to register for the seventh annual Wisconsin Treasures workshop, "Thinking Like a Historian," at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Workshop attendees will be introduced to this methodology and the new accompanying publication, "Thinking...

Contact: Eileen La Susa lasusa@mcw.edu 414 456-4746, MCW Office of Public Affairs Brookfield resident William J. Stekiel, Ph.D., professor of physiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, was honored at the School’s 2007 convocation for 50 years of faculty service. Medical College Dean and Executive Vice President Michael J. Dunn, M.D., praised Dr. Stekiel as “an outstanding scientist...

Contact: Tony Hozeny, 608/267-9661 or Susan Noble, Executive Director Vernon Economic Development Association 608-637-5396 or snoble@veda-wi.org MADISON - Governor Jim Doyle today announced that Toman Tool Corporation, Viroqua has been awarded $5,000 from the Department of Commerce (Commerce) through the Business Employees’ Skills Training (BEST) program to provide training in Lean Manufacturing and Cellular Flow through the Northwest Wisconsin...

Contact: The Marcus Corporation Investors: Douglas A. Neis, (414) 905-1100 or Marcus Theatres Media: Carlo W. Petrick, (414) 905-1505 Will be Marcus Theatres’ eleventh UltraScreen auditorium MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Marcus Theatres Corporation, a division of The Marcus Corporation (NYSE:MCS), today announced that its new 70-foot-wide UltraScreen® at the Pickerington Cinema, 1776 Hill Road North, will open December 21, with midnight showings...

CONTACT: John Schaffer, (608) 263-1900 MADISON - Glen A. Skillrud and Winifred Skillrud of San Antonio, Texas, have made gifts to establish what are being called the two best undergraduate scholarships in the history of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music. The Glen and Wendy Skillrud Music Scholarships will be awarded to an undergraduate soprano and a pianist starting in...

Contact: University Communications Phone: (608) 262-3571 MADISON - University of Wisconsin-Madison leaders have high praise for the gift of $175 million from John and Tashia Morgridge, which will support need-based financial aid for thousands of talented prospective students in Wisconsin. - From UW-Madison Chancellor John D. Wiley: "The gift announced today from John and Tashia Morgridge is nothing short of magnificent. Supporting...