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The GMCC Annual Business Expo is the area’s largest Business-to-Business expo. The 2007 edition—with an anticipated 125 exhibitors and over one thousand attendees from the greater Madison area—promises to be better than ever. This year will feature a Hollywood theme and your business is the star! The new theme is generating a lot of excitement among our member-only exhibitors who’ve...

100,000-Square-Foot Expansion Underway as 2006 Sales Grew 20% PALMYRA, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Standard Process Inc.®, a manufacturer of nutritional whole food supplements, announced today it has been selected to receive the Nutrition Business Journal's 2006 NBJ Business Award. The company will receive an Investment In The Future award in recognition of Standard Process’ current 100,000-square-foot expansion and its plans to increase its...

OSHKOSH, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oshkosh Truck Corporation (NYSE:OSK) announced today that the company has been selected by the U.S. Army for Theater Provided Equipment Refurbishment (TPER) of FHTV units under a four-year Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The initial delivery quantity is for 319 units and is valued at $22 million. The contract can be extended to cover additional FHTV...

Acquisition Part of Expanded Growth Strategy to Co-invest with Selected Owners MILWAUKEE & MADISON, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Marcus Hotels and Resorts, a division of The Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS), today announced that it will form a joint venture with Waterton Tactical Real Estate Fund I, a discretionary value add real estate fund sponsored by Chicago-based Waterton Commercial LLC. The joint venture will...

Student Government Association Ross Cohen, President Phone: 715.252.4014 014 Nelson Hall University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Ross.J.Cohen@uwsp.edu Recommendation for responsible coal purchasing policy goes to UW Regents and the WI DOA STEVENS POINT, WI – On Sunday, February 11, students from the UW System unanimously voted in favor of a resolution to ask the Board of Regents to re-think their coal purchasing policy which expires June 2007. Representatives...

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Career Concepts USA (CCUSA) has launched Job Fairs of Milwaukee (JFM), a new division of its national job fair company. Based in Milwaukee, JFM hosts local suite-style job fairs. The first JFM event will be held on March 6, 2007, with three more job fairs scheduled this year. Job Fairs of Milwaukee hosts recruiting events...

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Midwest Air Group, Inc. (AMEX:MEH) , parent company of Midwest Airlines, today commented on the ruling by Justice Helen E. Freedman in AirTran New York LLC v. Midwest Air Group, Inc., in Supreme Court for the State of New York, New York County. "AirTran was seeking information about our shareholders to which it is not...

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kohl’s Corporation (NYSE:KSS) today announced an agreement with the Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation to introduce the Chaps Home collection in May 2007. The Chaps Home collection will be available exclusively in all Kohl’s stores and on line at Kohls.com . A partnership has been formed in which the Chaps Home collection will be designed and developed by...

Contact:  Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661 MADISON - Two Wisconsin high school seniors have been named "Young Entrepreneurs of the Year" by the Department of Commerce and the Department of Public Instruction. The pair, Kristen Bare of Sauk Prairie High School and Anthony Hernandez of Waukesha North High School, will be recognized during the first national Entrepreneurship Week USA,...