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Madison Development Corporation (MDC) has closed on two recent loans to promising Madison technology companies. MDC, a local non-profit development company helping hard to finance small businesses with loans, started a Venture Debt Fund to help technology businesses stretch scarce local venture capital dollars. Since starting the Fund earlier this year, MDC has made 6 loans, totaling over $1 million...

CHICAGO - - A Sheboygan Falls plastics company took center stage during a ceremony last night during the National Plastics Exposition (NPE 2006) in Chicago when one of its top executives was inducted into The Plastics Hall of Fame. Peter F. Bemis, cofounder, executive vice president and secretary of Bemis Manufacturing Company, and president of its Contract Group, was...

CONTACT: Susan Bach, Media Coordinator PHONE: 414- 847- 6085 FAX: 414-302- 0355 E-MAIL: sbach@wisconsin.bbb.org Milwaukee, Wis. – The Wisconsin Better Business Bureau has launched a new web site. The address, http://www.wisconsin.bbb.org, is still the same, but the site has a new look, contains more information and is easier to navigate. Consumers can get instant access to reliability reports on about...

Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Madison partner David G. Walsh has been unanimously re-elected president of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents for a second consecutive term. “We are proud of David's commitment to leading Wisconsin's higher education system through the new challenges it will face this year,” said Ralf Boer, chairman and CEO of...

CONTACT: Chris Ruditys, (800) 567-4494; Gretchen Sampson, (715) 485-8506; Peggy Hintzman, (608) 262-8856, plh@mail.slh.wisc.edu MADISON - The Wisconsin Public Health Association (WPHA) presented awards to three University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members during its May 24 conference. Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Director Ronald Laessig received the Distinguished Service to Public Health Award; School of Medicine and Public Health Dean...

(June 20, 2006) — Clifton Gunderson, one of the nation’s leading accounting firms, announces the following new partners as of June 1, 2006 — * Steve Johnson, CPA, Assurance Partner- Racine office- Steve joined Clifton Gunderson in 1994, and specializes in providing audit and accounting services to manufacturers, wholesalers, and nonprofit organizations. Steve is very committed...

VERONA -- Six years ago, JT Packard – which mainly services uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems - had respectable sales of $3.5 million. By 2005, as the company shifted its focus to equipment maintenance, that figure had increased more than tenfold, rising to nearly $41 million. Sales could increase again by 40 percent again in 2006, according to owner Jeff...

By Gregg Hoffmann WisBusiness.com MILWAUKEE – More than 2,200 ethanol producers and users will converge on the Midwest Airlines Center this week for 22nd Annual International Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo. “Linking Industry and Innovation” will be the theme of the event, which is sponsored by a partnership of organizations involved in the growing ethanol industry. The program presentations will have...