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CONTACT: Dani Stolley, (920) 424-7121 OSHKOSH – With $30,000 from Johnson Controls Inc. of Milwaukee, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh will establish energy benchmarks that will be the model for other college campuses in Wisconsin and beyond. As host of the world’s largest Earth Charter Community Summit, the...

MEDIA CONTACTS: Chris Thiede / Robyn Grossman Hoffman York 414-225-9556 / 414-225-9520 cthiede@hyc.com rgrossman@hyc.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE What Wisconsin Homeowners Can Do to Save Money This Winter MADISON, Wis. (September 12, 2005) - Wisconsin homeowners will see their heating bills rise again this winter, as energy costs are expected to increase as much as 20 percent, according to Focus on Energy. Although this cost increase...

Contact: Ethnie Groves, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2156 MILWAUKEE - Governor Jim Doyle announced today that the state will provide $500,000 from the Department of Commerce for the Greater Milwaukee Economic Development Partnership. The regional collaboration will bring together public and private sector leaders from seven counties including Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha Counties to work aggressively...

WebSource CPQ -- now available via AppExchange, salesforce.com’s new on-demand application sharing service -- expands opportunity to order capabilities San Francisco, Calif. – Sept. 12, 2005 – Webcom, Inc. and salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM), the global leader in on-demand customer relationship management (CRM), today announced the availability of WebSource CPQ for AppExchange. Built on salesforce.com's Appforce on-demand platform, WebSource CPQ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEQUON, Wis., September 12, 2005 -- Encrypta Gifts has received a steady stream of touching customer stories since introducing its cryptex earlier this year. These stories demonstrate the product's unique ability to bring out a gift-giver's creativity and thoughtfulness and create a response of fascination from the recipient. Please go to http://www.encryptagifts.com -> "Member Remarks" and "Gift Ideas" to review the written stories submitted...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com With savings rates for Americans at an all-time low – even in negative territory – Ted Beck is going to have his work cut out for him in his new job. Beck, who has been associate dean for executive education and corporate relations at UW-Madison since 1999, will take over next month as president...

WIN MILWAUKEE   Date: September 12, 2005Time: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PMLocation: Hyatt Regency, 333 W Kilbourn Room  -  Gilpatrick (Main/First Floor)Phone: 608-442-7557x22; 1-888-443-5285Email: sallym@wisconsintechnologycouncil.comRegister: www.wisconsintechnologycouncil.comContact: Sally MullerHost: WIN MilwaukeeSponsor: Quarles & Brady and WE Energies Cost: $35 Non WIN member; $25 WIN member; $0 Corporate WIN member (includes lunch)  "Views from south of the border: How tech experts from Illinois see Wisconsin's efforts to build the I-Q Corridor"     The former director of the Chicago...

Monday Sept. 12 is the 11th Annual Bob Herzog Alumni Scholarship Golf Classic at Meadowbrook Country Club in Racine. It's best ball, $250 per golfer, which includes an 11: 15 a.m. lunch and 12:30 p.m. shotgun start. Hole sponsorship is $300. More information is available at 414-456-4781. This is an incredibly worthy cause. All proceeds go to support the Medical...

Remember to reserve your seat for the social event of the season! The 53rd GMCC Annual Dinner on September 12th will swing to the sounds of the Tony Castaneda Latin Jazz Sextet and will feature Major League Baseball Commissioner and Wisconsin native Mr. Bud Selig as our keynote speaker. The upcoming Annual Dinner will also have a fantastic...

MADISON – John McNeish gives it a light-hearted spin when he talks about drug companies being one of the least trusted institutions in America. “The polls say only 3 percent of the people in the country have a favorable view of drug companies,” Pfizer executive McNeish told a group of about 75 people, mostly scientists, who gathered at...

By WisBusiness Staff The Organic Valley co-op has announced plans to build a new distribution center in Cashton in Monroe County. Headquartered in La Farge, in Vernon County, Organic Valley will occupy 40 acres of the new Cashton Greens Industrial Park with anticipated employment of 50 people when the distribution center is complete. The co-op currently employs 204 full-time people in...