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For Further Information: Tom Hopkins 312-230-4889 thomashopkins@att.com Mike Pruyn 312-230-4894 mpruyn@att.com FOR RELEASE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2005 MILWAUKEE – AT&T today announced it has won a two-year, $2.5 million networking contract from The Ziegler Companies Inc., a diversified financial services holding company. Ziegler, headquartered in Milwaukee, provides investment banking, financial and investment advice, asset management and other related financial services to institutional, business and...

What: See the newest designs and trends in quality home construction at the Madison Area Builders Association Parade of Homes. Attendees to the Oak Meadow site in Fitchburg may also purchase tickets for the Great Kitchen Raffle benefiting the Junior League of Madison’s community programs. Grand prize for the Great Kitchen Raffle is a KitchenAid stainless steel,...

Media Contact: Jill Becher (414) 226-5413 MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wisconsin (BCBSWi) Foundation, the charitable giving arm of WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP) in Wisconsin, is partnering with the Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians (WAFP) to help educate physicians and patients in the value and use of Body Mass Index to reduce overweight and obesity. The Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians will receive...

MEDIA CONTACTS: Robyn Grossman / Tim Wirtz Hoffman York 414-225-9520 / 414-225-9522 rgrossman@hyc.com twirtz@hyc.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Program has helped state residents and businesses install more than 380 renewable energy systems - MADISON, Wis. (June 22, 2005) - Focus on Energy’s Renewable Energy Program has helped more than 380 Wisconsin businesses and homeowners become more energy independent. ...

Contact: Rose Lynch, (608) 266-6753 METRO AREAS Madison – Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman today announced six of Wisconsin's twelve Metropolitan Statistical Areas had lower unemployment rates in May than they had experienced in April, three were unchanged and three had slightly higher rates in May. The three metro areas that saw no change...

SKOKIE, IL, June 22, 2005 - PEPID LLC-the world’s leading developer of medical information and support tools-announced today the release of evidence-based Clinical Inquiries in its latest version of PEPID(TM) software for primary care professionals. Now physicians not only have patient treatment recommendations on their PDAs, they have the research to back them up as well. “The inclusion of...

Contact Brooke Miller Hall Corporate Communications (608) 825-5859 brooke.millerhall@win-na.com (Sun Prairie, Wis.) — During the lunch hour at the Winterthur U.S. Holdings, Inc. and General Casualty headquarters in Sun Prairie employees are lifting weights, taking exercise classes and attending Weight...

Contact: Dan JahnkePhone: (608) 227-5121 MADISON, WI, MAY 26, 2005: DirectNetworks, Inc. has recently relocated to a new High Tech Facility in the Beltline District. The new address is: DirectNetworks, Inc. 1017 Applegate Rd. Suite 100 Madison, WI 53703 In addition to expanded office space, the new location will feature a state-of-the-art, environment-controlled data hosting facility, a data security center, an IP Telephony...

MEMORANDUM TO: All Members of the Wisconsin Assembly FROM: Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association Ron Kuehn, Vice President-Government Relations SUBJECT: Please Amend AB 499--Cloning DATE: June 22, 2005 Our Association represents Wisconsin’s 250 biotechnology and medical device companies and their 20,000 Wisconsin employees. We urge you to consider an amendment to AB 499 when you debate this bill on Thursday, June 23. The amendment would prohibit...

Hosted by the Greater Brookfield Chamber of Commerce. Held at Bluemound Gardens, 11703 W. Bluemound, from 7:00 am to 8:30 am. Pre-registration is required. Pre-register by 5:00 pm on the Monday preceding the meeting and the cost will be $12.00. For those who do not pre-register, it will be $15.00 at the door. To...

Conference Web site and registration http://www.uwebi.org/rfid2005/ 7:30am - 8:30am Registration & Continental Breakfast Learn from the real experiences of companies deploying RFID across various industries: Distribution · Manufacturing · Packaging · Printing · Retail Featuring: 3M · Alien Technology · Baird · Electronic Arts · HK Systems · Pacific Cycle · Peak Technologies · RFID News & Solutions · Rochester...