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Contact:   Lesley Sillaman, Office of the County Executive (608) 267-8823 or cell (608) 669-5606   Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk today announced funding recommendations for $1.7 million in federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME (affordable housing) funds.  Dane County receives these dollars as a result of Falk’s obtaining “urban county” status for the county in 1999 making...

Business Objects, based in San Jose, Calif. and Paris, announced it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire La Crosse-based Firstlogic Inc. for about $69 million in cash. Firstlogic will stay in La Crosse after its planned acquisition by Business Objects, officials of the latter company said at a press conference Thursday. Firstlogic President Eric Lieberman and two...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – Gov. Jim Doyle pledged Thursday to continue to push Wisconsin’s economic development on numerous fronts, so “all residents can go as far as their hard work and talent will take them.” That includes advocating for human embryonic stem cell...

February 10 - Madison, Wis. Kelly O’Loughlin has been named Account Manager at Knupp & Watson, Inc., a Madison-based advertising, marketing, and public relations firm. O’Loughlin most recently worked with Kimberly-Clark in Neenah, Wisconsin, and is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Emily Hanson has been promoted to the position of Associate Account Manager at Knupp &...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, WI: Rachel Frautschy DeMuth has joined Career Momentum, Inc. as a Leadership Development Consultant. With an M.A in Social and Organizational Psychology and a forthcoming Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, her expertise includes the research, design, and application of assessment measures for the purpose of training, selection, career assessment, performance evaluation, and team facilitation....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Earns Inn Serendipity an Award Washington, D.C. – Inn Serendipity of Browntown, WI, won more than the 2004 ENERGY STAR Small Business Network Award it received. It has saved even more money this winter than originally expected, due to the predicted 50% average rise in heating costs. Recognized by Natural Home & Garden magazine...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com Wisconsin’s academic and commercial biotech community plans to pull out the stops for BIO 2006, which will run from April 9-12 in Chicago. The budget to showcase the Badger State’s biotechnology prowess has risen to nearly $270,000 this year – nearly three times what was spent last year at BIO 2005 in Philadelphia. “This is the perfect...

Gov. Jim Doyle today announced that Sussex-based Quad/Graphics, Inc. will receive up to $3 million in Enterprise Development Zone tax credits for creating up to 750 new jobs at its Sussex, Hartford, and Lomira facilities. As part of the Governor's budget, he expanded the state's Enterprise Development Zone program to provide another $51 million in tax credits to help...