Edgewood College To Create Nature Walk on Lake Shore – Madison Community Foundation Grant Makes it Possible
Madison, Wis. (November 30, 2006) – Edgewood College will build a boardwalk and woodland path along the shoreline of Lake Wingra. The project will consist of an extension of the existing pier behind Mazzuchelli Hall on campus, which will join to a woodland path. A grant from the Madison Community Foundation makes the new nature walk possible, said Edgewood...
Musicnotes.com Sells Two-Millionth Download
MADISON, Wis., Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Musicnotes, Inc. announced today it has sold its 2,000,000th sheet music download, approximately fifteen months after selling its 1,000,000th download. Download number two million was the popular Christmas song "My Grown Up Christmas List," written in 1990 by Linda Thompson Jenner and David Foster and performed by many artists including Amy Grant, Michael...
Winnebago County Crime Stoppers and ATF Announce $3,500 Reward for Information in Gun Dealer Theft
OSHKOSH, Wis., Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The Winnebago CountyWide Crime Stoppers and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) announced today a reward of up to $3,500 for information on a Nov. 14 burglary at Ron's Gun Shop in Black Wolf, Wisc.
The burglary at the federal firearms licensee, located at 5441 US Highway 45 South in Black...
Technology Adoption Gives RAS Delivery the Edge
MUSKEGO, Wis., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Customer service and profit margins for the smaller guys are getting harder to manage but companies like RAS have figured out how to get over the make-break point. RAS's delivery volume from GE and Home Depot was growing at a rate of roughly 20% per year but the busier they got, the higher...
Wawa Gains Visibility and Control Across its Entire Store Network
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Wawa, Inc., a leading convenience store retailer with more than 550 store locations in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States, has recently partnered with Catalyst International, a certified SAP(R) services partner and global provider of supply chain execution (SCE) solutions, to implement a complete wireless data collection solution, utilizing SAPConsole(TM), across their entire...
The Manitowoc Company Updates Its 2006 Financial Expectations and Provides Initial 2007 Financial Outlook
MANITOWOC, Wis., Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (NYSE:MTW) will update financial expectations for 2006 and provide a preliminary outlook for the company's 2007 financial performance at an investor and analyst meeting to be held at the Millennium Hotel in New York, NY later today. For full-year 2006, the company affirms its prior earnings per share guidance...
NFIB attacks plan to expand sales tax
Bill G. Smith, state director of the National Federation ofIndependent Business/Wisconsin, regarding a recent proposal to eliminate exemptionsto the statewide sales tax on professional services:“While proponents claim to be ‘closing loopholes’ in current sales tax laws,they are really advocating for a drastic tax increase in disguise. By eliminatingthe selected exemptions for services, this proposal unfairly targets Wisconsin’ssmall-business owners who,...
Madison Non-Profit Produces Song to Spur Donations to Goodwill
Goodwill Industries of South Central Wisconsin has launched a new multimedia campaign to bring awareness to the organization's mission. The "Give" campaign stands out with an original song, performed by national artist Willy Porter, that focuses on the Goodwill message of giving to communities so the community can give back."I thought, what a great opportunity to do something good...
