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Contact: Kim M. Straka Director of Communications & Public Relations 608.441.3946 or straka@visitmadison.com Madison, WI - From June 18-21, approximately 650 writers, photographers and outdoor enthusiasts will converge in Greater Madison for the Outdoor Writers of America (OWAA) Conference. The prestigious conference itself spans just four days, but the OWAA's presence will be felt in the Madison area and throughout Wisconsin...

MILWAUKEE – The Supreme Court is poised to take action on a significant case involving “secondary” liability for copyright infringement. MGM v. Grokster may prove a landmark case in efforts to balance the rights of copyright holders with the rights to use innovative technologies to share information, says Tomas Lipinski, co-director of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Center for...

JOY GLOBAL INC. At the Company: Donald C. Roof Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer 414-319-8517 At FRB | Weber Shandwick: Georganne Palffy Analyst Contact 312-640-6768 CUSIP No. 481165AC2 Milwaukee, WI – June 16, 2005 – Joy Global Inc. (the “Company”) (Nasdaq: JOYG), announced today that its cash tender (the “Tender Offer”)...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Joan Toth, Executive Director, Network of Executive Women (NEW) Tel. (312) 373-5628 | E-mail jtoth@newonline.org | www.newonline.org NEW urges action on the promotion of women of color CHICAGO (June 15) -- The Network of Executive Women has issued a new report urging action on the promotion of women of color in the consumer products and retail...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A distinguished geography scholar and his wife have committed to a seven-figure bequest to the American Geographical Society Library (AGSL), housed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Robert McColl, professor emeritus of geography and East Asian studies at the University of Kansas, and Suzanne Ecke McColl recently completed plans to provide this major bequest. “Essentially, the AGS Library...

Networking hosted by the Greater Brookfield Chamber of Commerce. Held at Innovative Signs, Inc., 2323 Bluemound Road, Suite F, Waukesha $10 for members with advance reservations by 12:00 pm two days prior to the event $15 at the door for members without advance reservations; $15 non-members To register call the Chamber office at 262-786-1886 or email...

By Joanne M. Haas WisPolitics.com/Wisbusiness.com MADISON -- A bipartisan health insurance plan aimed at easing Wisconsin’s health care cost crisis got a chilly reception Wednesday by a key Assembly committee. The Republican chair of the panel urged his skeptical colleagues to overlook the numbers and consider the idea, which would couple mandatory employer assessments with personal portable health insurance purchasing accounts. “I...