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CONTACT: Rebecca Smith, (608) 770-1039, rsmith@bus.wisc.edu MADISON - The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business is offering a two-year scholarship for its Executive MBA program to a qualified applicant who works for a Wisconsin not-for-profit organization. The scholarship covers 75 percent of program fees, which are $29,500 per year for the two-year, part-time program. Applicants must meet the criteria...

CONTACT: Don Gudmundson, MBA program director, (920) 424-7401 OSHKOSH – University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh business graduate students scored in the 95th percentile among students from 82 colleges and universities nationwide participating in the 2005 national Educational Testing Service (ETS) field exam. A random sample of 50 UW-Oshkosh master of business administration (MBA) students completed the ETS exam, which assesses...

Contact: STEVE PRESTEGARD Director of Public Relations and Marketing Fond du Lac, Wis. — Marian College’s School of Education will hold its third annual John Reilly Education Program in Marian’s Stayer Center for Technology & Executive Learning Thursday, March 23 from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. The speakers are children’s book authors Pegi Deitz Shea, author of Tangled Threads: A Hmong Girl’s...

For more information, Contact: Christian Bartley, Executive Director Phone: 414.274.3840 Fax: 414.274.3846 Email: WTCinfo@WisTrade.org World Trade Center Wisconsin leads delegation from Wisconsin MILWAUKEE, Wis. (February 24, 2006) - The World Trade Center Wisconsin's business mission to India departs for Mumbia tomorrow, returning to Wisconsin on March 8, 2006. The mission will include representatives from local companies interested in exploring business...

Media Contact: Jill Becher (414) 226-5413 MILWAUKEE, Wis. -More Wisconsin families will now have access to a guide that will help them find ways to incorporate healthy eating and physical activity into their daily routine. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wisconsin Foundation (BCBSWi)...

For additional information, please contact: Jodie Johnson, Marketing & Communications Officer 608-232-5910 or jjohnson@fbfinancial.com MADISON, February 24, 2006 – First Business Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: FBIZ), the parent of the First Business family of companies, which includes First Business Bank – Madison, First Business Bank – Milwaukee, First Business Trust & Investments, First Business Leasing, LLC, and First Business Capital...

CONTACT: Don Gudmundson, MBA program director, (920) 424-7401 OSHKOSH – University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh business graduate students scored in the 95th percentile among students from 82 colleges and universities nationwide participating in the 2005 national Educational Testing Service (ETS) field exam. A random sample of 50 UW-Oshkosh...

Fond du Lac, Wis. — Marian College’s School of Education will hold its third annual John Reilly Education Program in Marian’s Stayer Center for Technology & Executive Learning Thursday, March 23 from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. The speakers are children’s book authors Pegi Deitz Shea, author of Tangled Threads: A Hmong Girl’s Story, and YuYi Morales, author and illustrator of...

Media Contact: Jill Becher (414) 226-5413 MILWAUKEE, Wis. -More Wisconsin families will now have access to a guide that will help them find ways to incorporate healthy eating and physical activity into their daily routine. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wisconsin Foundation (BCBSWi) donated more than 300,000 copies of Healthy Habits for Healthy Kids, an educational nutrition and physical activity guide to be distributed through...

For Immediate Release MADISON, February 24, 2006 – First Business Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: FBIZ), the parent of the First Business family of companies, which includes First Business Bank – Madison, First Business Bank – Milwaukee, First Business Trust & Investments, First Business Leasing, LLC, and First Business Capital Corp., announced today that Lisa Kirsch Quakenbush has...

CONTACT: Carl Nolen Capital Brewery Company, Inc. (608) 836-7100 The “Refreshingly Different” brew will tantalize beer drinkers across Wisconsin MIDDLETON, Wis. (February 24, 2006) – Capital Brewery announced today that its newest brew, Island Wheat, is scheduled to be on shelves across Wisconsin as soon as Monday. Island Wheat is the latest beer to join Capital Brewery’s beer line-up, offering a great entrance to...

President Bush, who visited Johnson Controls in Milwaukee, is talking energy alternatives. See the webcast of Bush's talk. Gov. Jim Doyle is talking ethanol, bio-fuels and extra heating assistance to those hit by rising natural gas prices. And the Legislature is taking up SB459 and its companion AB841, bills which incorporate the major recommendations from Doyle's task force on energy efficiency...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com An improving national economy and industrial growth abroad was good news for a number of publicly traded Wisconsin companies in the most recent quarter, according to analysts. Likewise, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan meant more strong returns for Oshkosh Trucks, the state’s largest defense contractor. But not all Badger State firms prospered in the quarter, and some...