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MILWAUKEE, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE:HOG) announced today that it is updating guidance for motorcycle shipments for the first quarter of 2007 and financial guidance for the full year. Guidance is being revised to reflect the impact of a three week strike that concluded Thursday, February 22, 2007, at the Company's manufacturing facility in York, Pa. Full...

PEWAUKEE, Wis., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Wisconsin credit unions -- not-for-profit financial institutions owned by their members -- hope more Wisconsin taxpayers will get a free tax refund this year instead of paying the high costs associated with rapid refund loans. To get the word out, the trade association -- The Wisconsin Credit Union League -- has launched a...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Silver Spring Gardens, Inc. has continued its award-winning ways by being recognized for the sixth straight year at the Napa Valley Mustard Festival. Silver Spring will be awarded five medals at the March 16 ceremony, highlighted by their Organic Dill Mustard earning a gold medal in the organic category. To accompany the gold...

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marshall & Ilsley Corporation (NYSE:MI) will present at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) Regional Bank Conference from 2:30 p.m. to 3:10 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) Thursday, March 1, at The Langham Hotel in Boston, Mass. Speaking on behalf of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation will be Greg A. Smith, senior vice president and chief financial...

Edgewood College student journalists dominated this year’s Wisconsin Newspaper Association contest, with four first prizes and five Certificates of Merit in a competition with 45 other college newspapers. The prizes were announced at the WNA convention in Wisconsin Dells on February 9th.   On the Edge won three of six first prizes in the writing categories - General Reporting, Feature Writing,...

MADISON - One of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's computer programming teams will travel to Tokyo for the world finals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest in March.Two of UW-Madison's teams dominated the competition at November's regional contest by taking both first and second place among 181 teams. Although the three winning teams of each regional competition advance to the...

Madison – Forward Wisconsin will be conducting a business outreach and promotional effort at an event that starts this coming weekend that will include a veritable “Who's Who of Corporate Real Estate” worldwide. The state business marketing group will be attending the Industrial Asset Management Council (IAMC) Spring 2007 Professional Forum being held near Jacksonville, Florida on March 3-7....

CHICAGO, February 26, 2007 – Baird Private Equity, the global private equity group of investment firm Baird, announced today it has partnered with Tholons, Inc. in Bangalore, India, to provide on-the-ground support and expertise to its current and future U.S. and European portfolio companies.  A senior advisor at Tholons will work exclusively with Baird Private Equity’s portfolio companies, particularly...

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- To protest the start of a three-day course that will kill 60 dogs at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), doctors with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) will join members of the Wisconsin Humane Society and concerned Wisconsin residents for a demonstration outside the college. PCRM cardiologist John Pippin, M.D., F.A.C.C., will...

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A Johnson Controls executive met with President George W. Bush and administration officials at the White House today as part of a discussion about alternative fuel vehicles. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030423/JCILOGO ) Alex Molinaroli, president of Johnson Controls' power solutions business, took part in the meetings this morning, and said that the company is making significant progress on...