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Contact: Araceli Esparza, Office of Equal Opportunity, 266-3022 Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk and the Dane County Office of Equal Opportunity, together with the African American Black Business Association and the Latino Chamber of Commerce, are hosting the fourth session of a Minority Business Development Series on Wednesday, July 19, 2006, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30...

By Colleen Flaherty WisBusiness.com For America’s largest indoor water park in the Wisconsin Dells, every day is Father’s Day. The Kalahari was built six years ago by the Nelson family – led by Todd Nelson Sr. – as a simple idea and a simple enterprise with 60 employees. Today, Todd Sr. and his sons own and manage one of the...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com Two of the main requirements for manufacturing - one of Wisconsin's traditional strengths - are energy and water. Though the state produces little of its own power, it has abundant water resources that can be both exploited and protected in coming years. "Some people talk of water as being the oil of the 21st century,” said Michael...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com The cost for publicly held companies to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) legislation dropped in 2005, but the decline was less than many expected. That was one of the main conclusions of a report issued Thursday by the Foley & Lardner law firm on SOX, which was passed by Congress in 2002 in response to major corporate...

CONTACT: Carol S. Weber, APR, Director of Public Relations PHONE: 414-755-4108 (direct) E-MAIL: cweber@wda.org WEST ALLIS, WIS., June 16, 2006 – The Wisconsin Legislature’s decision to lower the standard of dental care by allowing reimbursement to dental hygienists for services provided without a professional exam, diagnosis and prescription from a licensed dentist does not address the urgent oral health care needs of low-income children...

For Immediate Release Contact: Nan DiSalvo Executive Vice President R S + K (608) 827-0701 Madison, WI – University of Wisconsin Small Business Development Center honored Reed Sendecke Krebsbach (R S + K), a marketing communications agency located at 701 Deming Way, as a 2006 “Top Ten Small Businesses of Dane County.” R S + K was nominated for...

CONTACT: Rich Hartel, (608) 263-1965, rwhartel@wisc.edu MADISON - Candy makers from around the world will gather in July at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences for two weeks of sweet instruction in the art and science of making candy. The 2006 Resident Course in Confectionery Technology begins Monday, July 10, and ends Friday, July 21, and...