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Contact: Sal Braico (608)441-2890sbraico@conjugon.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 29, 2004, Madison, WI- ConjuGon, a biotechnology company developing fundamentally new treatments for antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections, announced today that it has appointed Guillermo Herrera to its Board of Directors. Mr. Herrera spent more than 24 years with Abbott Laboratories where his positions included Senior Vice President of International Operations, President of Abbott International. Mr. Herrera held other senior leadership positions, including...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com The declining value of the American dollar is proving to be a boon for Wisconsin exporters. Hans Melgaard, a sales engineer with the Orion Corp. in Grafton, said his company’s business has gone up in the past few years. His company makes bearings for power generation equipment and exports between 20 to 30 percent of its...

By Brian E. ClarkWisBusiness.com During her six years in Wisconsin, Heidi Pascual has seen Hmong, Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Vietnamese and other publications aimed at specific Asian groups. But Pascual, an associate editor at the weekly Madison Times and native of the Philippines, said she's been unable to find a newspaper or magazine that covered the broader Asian community. She aims to rectify...