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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Middleton, Wisconsin, April 25, 2005--Bone Care International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCII) today announced the appointment of Charles W. Bishop, PhD, to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Bishop’s return is designed to drive the company’s performance in new product development and position the company to further increase its growing share of the...

Contact: Anne Marie Frawley (202) 205-6948 WASHINGTON – President George W. Bush applauded America’s 25 million small businesses as one of the greatest strengths of an American economy that is the most prosperous in the world, and proclaimed the week of April 24-30 as Small Business Week to celebrate their contributions. “America’s economy is the most prosperous in the...

Contact: Doug Bradley (608) 262-5061 MADISON – University of Wisconsin System President Kevin P. Reilly today announced the finalists for the position of chancellor at UW-Whitewater. The finalists’ names have been forwarded to the Board of Regents’ Special Committee for the UW-Whitewater Chancellor Search, chaired by Regent Roger Axtell of Janesville. The Regents’ committee will interview the finalists in Madison on Wednesday,...

Reed Sendecke Krebsbach (R S + K), Madison-based communications firm, received three awards in the Milwaukee Business Marketing Association (BMA) Bell Awards. The BMA recognizes the best work in business-to-business communications and focuses on how that work strategically fulfills business-marketing goals. R S + K garnered excellence awards for an innovative full-page ad developed for Pierce Biotechnology, the web...

MADISON, Wis. – Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Inc. (PIC WISCONSIN) today announced that Christopher Lechner is their new director of information technology. Lechner will be responsible for managing the company’s infrastructure development and leveraging technological resources for the company. He previously served as network manager for PIC WISCONSIN. “Christopher has been with...

Company Introduces Customers to Mobile AOL Instant Messenger MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 25, 2005 – More than 80 million Americans use instant messaging to communicate with family, friends and co-workers, according to America Online (AOL). U.S. Cellular is now giving them a chance to chat with their buddies anytime, anywhere from their cell phones with the launch of its mobile...

Contact: Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661 MADISON - Small and medium sized businesses interested in learning how to begin exporting will want to attend the Governor's Conference on Exporting on Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee. Gov. Doyle's Wisconsin International Trade Council (WITCO) is organizing the event. Companies that register by COB May 6 can attend...

For Immediate Release EraGen expands the potential of MultiCode®-PLx Systems by Expanding a Partnership with Luminex Corporation (April 26, 2005 – Madison, Wisconsin) – EraGen Biosciences, a rapidly growing molecular diagnostics company driving early, accurate diagnosis for disease, announced today it has signed an expanded licensing and distribution agreement with Luminex Corporation (Nasdaq: LMNX), Austin, Texas. “Our MultiCode-PLx...

The economy of northeastern Wisconsin has long relied on manufacturing to deliver prosperity. But those days are pretty much over. A shift in global economics has left a wound in the region's psyche. The days when a high school grad could land a job for life at the local mill are gone. Ted Penn, director of business and economic...

Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison. Breeders from throughout Wisconsin and the Midwest will be attending this annual event. http://www.gmaf.info