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			<title><![CDATA[Wolf Appliance lays off 79 hourly employees]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=431134</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Wolf Appliance has put 79 hourly employees on temporary, indefinite layoff since Monday.  Chuck Verri, vice president of human resources for Sub-Zero Freezer/Wolf Appliance, said the layoff does not signal a major change. &quot;We meet on a monthly basis and will adjust production in our various product lines,&quot; he said. &quot;In some cases, that means hiring folks; in some cases, temporary layoffs.&quot;  Privately owned Sub-Zero/Wolf makes high-end refrigeration and cooking appliances. Based in Madison, the company ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By JUDY NEWMAN608-252-6156]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:23:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Food prices down overall in fourth quarter]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=431168</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A grilled-cheese sandwich was cheaper to make but the cost of barbecued chicken and pork rose in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared with the third quarter.   The Market Basket survey released Tuesday by the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation showed that overall food prices dipped slightly due to lower world demand for American agricultural products and stable production levels.   The Farm Bureau tracked the retail price of 20 food items in 26 communities and ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By BARRY ADAMS Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:45:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Employment drops less than 1 percent in Madison area]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=431144</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Madison area had 2,700 fewer people employed in November than in the same month last year, a drop of 0.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Tuesday.  Employment in the Milwaukee area fell 1.3 percent over the same period, with 11,200 fewer people working, the preliminary data showed.  Nationwide, Dallas was the metropolitan area with the biggest employment gain from November 2007 to November 2008, with an increase of 31,100 jobs. Metro Washington, ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[State Journal staff]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:02:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Home sales decline 36 percent]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=431142</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Local home and condominium sales were down in November when compared to the previous year&#39;s figures. The South Central Wisconsin MLS reported Tuesday that Dane County&#39;s 213 home and condominium sales represented a decline of 36.2 percent from the 334 sales in November 2007. The report also said there were 593 new listings in November compared to 667 in November 2007, a drop of 11.1 percent. The median sale price in Dane County was ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[State Journal staff]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:52:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Madison Mosaic Funds listed among best performing in 2008]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=431065</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Three Madison Mosaic Funds were listed in Monday&#39;s Wall Street Journal as being among the 10 best performing mutual funds in their categories for 2008.  Madison Mosaic Institutional Bond Fund was third among the 478 Short Term Bond funds, with a return of 6.3 percent for the year.  Madison Mosaic Core Bond Fund ranked seventh among the 571 Intermediate Bond funds with a 6.8 percent return.  And although it had a net loss of 29.9 percent, Madison ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[State Journal staff]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:37:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Oak Creek power plant builder seeks $40 million from MGE]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=430895</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Madison Gas &amp; Electric is being asked to pay another $40 million for its share of the cost of the Oak Creek coal-fired power plant.   The company that&#39;s building the power plant, Bechtel Power Corp., says bad weather and other delays have raised expenses and put construction three to six months behind schedule for the first of two 615-megawatt generating units. Bechtel estimates, in a letter to project developer We Energies, Milwaukee, the power ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By JUDY NEWMAN 608-252-6156]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:44:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Great Dane is expanding at Hilldale]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=430861</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Bo Ryan will soon have new digs for his weekly radio show and beer lovers a little more space, too.   The Badgers basketball coach and others who visit the Great Dane Pub &amp; Brewing Co. at the Hilldale Shopping Center will be among those who benefit from a 5,000-square-foot expansion of the business near University Avenue and Midvale Boulevard.   The $800,000 project, on the building&#39;s south side, is scheduled for completion in early March. ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By BARRY ADAMS608-252-6148]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:50:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Penda merges with Michigan company]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=430890</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The two largest manufacturers of truck bed liners in the country have merged. Penda Corp. in Portage has merged with Durakon Industries in Lapeer, Mich., and will operate as Penda Corp.   Penda employs about 290 people in Portage. The merger will increase the size of the company to about 600 employees over three facilities in Portage; Lapeer, Mich.; and Lerma, Mexico.   Penda owner Resilience Capital Partners, a private equity firm in Cleveland, Ohio, and ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[State Journal staff]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:01:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[UW Credit Union opens new branch at MATC]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=430881</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ UW Credit Union opened a new branch Monday on the first floor of the Truax Campus of Madison Area Technical College. The full-service branch offers access to all of UW Credit Union&#39;s financial products and services and is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.  UW Credit Union completed a merger with the MATC Credit Union on Dec. 1. The employees of the MATC Credit Union were offered continued employment, and additional ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[State Journal staff]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:08:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[WP Beverages buys Pepsi franchise in South Dakota]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=430856</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ WP Beverages in Windsor has purchased Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Huron, S.D., which has other&nbsp;locations in&nbsp;Mitchell, Chamberlain and Pierre, S.D. The purchase price was not announced.  With the purchase, WP Beverages said it has become the eighth-largest Pepsi-Cola franchise in the country.   WP Beverages, a subsidiary of Wis-Pak in Watertown, was created in 2004 with the purchase of Pepsi-Cola of Madison and Pepsi-Cola of Rockford, Ill. WP Beverages purchased Pepsi-Cola of Iron Mountain, Mich., in 2006. ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[State Journal staff]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:25:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Recycling a losing deal for Madison in November]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=430871</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Recycling the soda and beer cans, newspapers, milk jugs, junk mail and other items that fill our hunter green bins was a losing deal for the city of Madison in November.   For the first time since April 2002, the city had to write a check to cover its recycling costs in November because of the low price of commodities.  For the first 10 months of 2008, the city received almost $700,000 from the sale of ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[BARRY ADAMS608-252-6148]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:33:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Credit union league opens Madison office]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=430869</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Wisconsin Credit Union League has opened a Madison office at 1 E. Main St., Suite 101. Serving as its lobbying base and meeting center, the Madison branch houses seven of the Pewaukee trade association&#39;s 35 employees.  The Madison location, which opened in October but held an open house Monday, is the group&#39;s effort to get &quot;more involved in protecting and promoting the credit union difference,&quot; spokesman Chad Helminak said. ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[State Journal staff]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:44:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Federal aid available to APV workers]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=430865</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The 165 employees of APV North America, Lake Mills, whose jobs ended in late 2008 will be able to apply for federal assistance under the Trade Adjustment Assistance program. APV moved production of equipment for the sanitary industry to Germany. The aid will pay for training and employment services offered at state Job Centers, as well as income support and relocation allowances. APV workers who are at least 50 years old and don&#39;t have ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[State Journal staff]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:04:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Horrible stock year ends]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=430527</link>
			<description><![CDATA[There were probably more than a few investors and money managers who sent up a cheer, and a sigh or relief, when the clock struck midnight on New Year&#39;s Eve. Finally, the stock market nightmare of 2008 was over. Or, at least 2008 was over.&quot;I&#39;ve been through a good number of recessions and bear markets. I&#39;ll readily admit this is the worst I&#39;ve ever seen it,&quot; said Todd Parrish, analyst with Robert W. ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[JUDY NEWMAN 608-252-6156]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:11:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Executive Q&A: Wayne Mosley -- Rocky&#39;s weathering tough year in pizza trade]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=430526</link>
			<description><![CDATA[It&#39;s been almost 35 years since a couple of college graduates from Illinois thought they could make a buck selling Chicago pan-style pizza in Wisconsin. It turns out they were right. And today the Rocky Rococo name is one of the most recognizable restaurant brands in Wisconsin. Since the first restaurant opened on Gilman Street just a few steps off State Street, the chain has grown to more than ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[BARRY ADAMS 608-252-6148]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:10:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[First Business Financial Services to issue more stock]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=430528</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ First Business Financial Services in Madison plans to issue more stock.  Shareholders of First Business, parent company of First Business Bank, agreed at a special meeting Tuesday to increase the authorized common stock from the current 8 million shares to 25 million and to authorize up to 2.5 million shares of preferred stock, according to papers filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  President and chief executive Corey Chambas said there are no specific plans ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:39:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin gets debt payment extention]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=430524</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin, parent company of Anchor Bank, will have more time to pay off its loans, under a debt restructuring agreement that took effect Tuesday.  The Madison financial institution had been under a Dec. 31 deadline to pay down $56 million of a $120 million line of credit.  Under terms of the new arrangement, the revolving loan commitment was reduced to $116.3 million, effective Dec. 22, according to papers filed with the U.S. Securities and ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By JUDY NEWMAN Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:32:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[$1.5 million raised for scholarship fund]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=430487</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ More than $1.5 million was raised in 2008 for need-based scholarships to the University of Wisconsin and Madison Area Technical College as part of a fundraising drive by the UW Credit Union.  The credit union announced it was donating $215,000 for need-based financial aid in October, then agreed to match contributions from its members until Dec. 31. In addition, the UW Foundation agreed to match total gifts from the credit union and its members.  The majority ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[State Journal staff]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:23:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gallup buys Enetrix and Carlson Dettmann Consulting]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=430481</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The company known for its polling expertise has purchased Middleton-based Enetrix, a company that provides online survey and e-commerce services.  Gallup, which has its worldwide headquarters in Washington, D.C., and operational headquarters in Omaha, Neb., also purchased Carlson Dettmann Consulting, a division of Enetrix. Carlson provides compensation-strategy.  Details on the acquisition price were not available Friday. Both companies will retain their current brand names.  Carlson and Enetrix will remain in Middleton and all 21 employees and ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[State Journal staff]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:40:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Madison developer Alexander Co. redeveloping site of historic Maryland school]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=430321</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ SILVER SPRING, Md. &#8212; With its decaying Asian pagoda, crumbling English castle and the remains of a resort hotel, National Park Seminary looked like an enchanted forest &#8212; one in desperate need of a happy fairy-tale ending.  But thanks to a Madison-based company&#39;s $150 million redevelopment project and local preservation efforts, the seminary and its 19th-century structures are being preserved as both a residential complex and public historic attraction just off the Capital ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[KAMALA LANEAssociated Press]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:30:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kalahari&#39;s Virginia project will be delayed]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=430039</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A tight economy has delayed the construction of what could become the largest indoor waterpark in the nation.  Kalahari Resorts said Tuesday it won&#39;t begin construction on its $250 million resort in Fredericksburg, Va., until August. The project was to have broken ground in April and be open in time for Christmas of 2010 but will now likely open in January or February of 2011.  &quot;We&#39;re not delaying for long,&quot; said Todd Nelson, president and owner ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[By BARRY ADAMS608-252-6148]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:44:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Three Sauk County businesses honored]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=430270</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Three businesses around Sauk County&#39;s tourism and governmental hubs were declared Businesses of the Year by the Sauk County Development Corporation.  St. Clare Hospital and Health Services was named the SCDC&#39;s first recipient for the title of best nonprofit. The Wilderness Hotel and Golf Resort took the title of best large business of the year, and Four Elements Herbals out of North Freedom was the best small business.  The businesses were selected because ... ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:01:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lake Delton to get Famous Dave&#39;s]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=430272</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A new Famous Dave&#39;s Restaurant will be moving into an unoccupied building in Lake Delton in the coming months.  On Monday, the village of Lake Delton board approved a final site plan submitted by property owner Leon Agami, who also has an interest in the Famous Dave&#39;s corporation.  The restaurant will be built in an existing shell of a building on Meadow View Drive that was constructed but has never been used.The ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[State Journal staff]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:01:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gordon Flesch donates $5,000 to The Road Home]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=430274</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Gordon Flesch Charitable Foundation has donated $5,000 to The Road Home, an organization serving homeless families with children in Madison.  The donation will help fund the organization&#39;s Housing and Hope campaign to provide affordable apartments and long-term support services for families in need.&nbsp;  ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:01:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New York Stock Exchange puts Lee Enterprises on notice]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=430273</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Lee Enterprises said Wednesday is has been put on notice by the New York Stock Exchange for falling below the NYSE&#39;s continued listing standard.  The NYSE requires a minimum average closing price of $1 per share over 30 consecutive trading days.  The stock closed up 2 cents Wednesday to settle at 41 cents a share.  The NYSE also noted that Lee was nearing noncompliance with its market capitalization standard, which requires a 30-trading-day average ... ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:01:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thresholds of Madison owner awarded grant]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=430276</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Jill Dittrich, Madison, co-owner of Thresholds of Madison, has been awarded a $2,979 grant from the National Association for the Self-Employed.  Thresholds is a residential accessibility consulting firm. The grant will help fund marketing materials and training courses in modifying homes for elderly residents. ... ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:01:00 CST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Recycling comparison]]></title>
			<link>http://madison.com/wsj/home/biz//index.php?ntid=430870</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ These were the highest and lowest prices paid to the city of Madison for recyclable materials through the first 11 months of 2008. 
 Newsprint: $154 per ton (August), $12.92 (November)
Corrugated boxes: $147 per ton (March), $59.05 (November)
Plastic milk jugs: $860 per ton (October), $349 (November)
Colored detergent and shampoo bottles: $691 per ton (September), $195 (November)
Plastic soda and water bottles: $383 per ton (September), $102 (November)
Aluminum: $2,176 per ton (July), $1,152 per ... ]]></description>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wisconsin State Journal]]></dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:56:00 CST</pubDate>
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