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For additional information contact: Neil Fauerbach - 608-836-7500 or neil.fauerbach@sgcpa.com Smith & Gesteland, LLP For immediate release: February 11, 2005 Madison, Wisconsin: Family businesses in Wisconsin have until February 25, 2005 to submit nominations for the Wisconsin Family Business of the Year Award. The awards were developed to publicize the contributions that family businesses make to their industries...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MILWAUKEE – When the Sigma Group moved from Oak Creek to the Menomonee Valley a little more than a year ago, many viewed it as a risk. Not Dave Scherzer, president of the Sigma civil engineering and environmental services company. For him and his firm, it was an opportunity to make a point. "A...

WECC Contact: Janet Brandt Executive Director 608/249-9322, ext 460 jbrandt@weccusa.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Madison ­- (Thursday, February 10, 2005) – The Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation (WECC) is deeply concerned by the recent release of the Governor’s budget which calls for the diversion of $53 million in segregated funds paid by electric customers for energy conservation programs into the State’s General Fund. Janet...

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There is a new option in health insurance coverage that is particularily well-suited for small business. Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) are individual investment accounts, owned by the individual, associated with high-deductible major medical insurance plans. HSAs are designed to cover the out-of-pocket exposure from the deductible and co-pays. For 2005, the maximum contribution allowed is $2,650 for an individual...