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Stock Watch AMA participates in organ donor awareness

couraged to host events and other
activities to increase awareness and
By Tyler Lamb

increase the number of organ donor

MANAGING EDITOR

The Whitewater chapter of the designations in their state. This is in

American Marketing Association correlation to the move in April to
will be participating in the national switch from the Department of

“
AMASavesLives project from April Transplant to an online organ donor
26-30. registry, according to the Wisconsin
The goal for this project is to organ donor registry.
improve awareness of the need for The online form moves partici-
organ donation and increase the pants from the status of organ donor
number of registered organ donors with intent to organ donor authori-
in the U.S., AMA member Laura zation. The status of intent means

T
Zakos said. that Wisconsin
residences have
his may be one
There are cur- notified their in-
rently more than
105,000 patients of the most important organ donor to the
tent to become an

waiting list, ac- projects our chapter

in the U.S. on the state. Ac-
cording to the De-
Wisconsin organ has ever worked on
cording to the
Wisconsin Stocks
partment of
Bucyrus International
Motor Vehicles,
BUCY 71.74 69.78 1.96 donor website. prior to this
Briggs & Stratton As part of a Jimmy Peltier,
change more than
BGG 21.99 21.21 -.78 project funded by AMA adviser
2.9 million state
General Electric the federal gov- residents indi-
GE 18.56 18.97 .41 ernment, AMA is cated their wishes
Harley-Davidson encouraging members to participate to be an organ donor at the DMV.
HOG 32.99 33.08 .09 in a social media and grassroots During AMASavesLives tables
Johnson Controls marketing campaign by creating with laptops will be available in the
JCI 32.20 32.69 .49 various videos that raise awareness University Center Monday through
Kimberly-Clark regarding the need for organ dona- Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for
KMB 61.94 61.31 -.63 tions. More than 250 other AMA students and faculty to sign up for
Kohl’s Corp. chapters are participating. Wisconsin’s new online registry.
KSS 56.57 57.14 .57 “This may be one of the most Students who want to sign up on
Kraft Foods important projects our chapter has their own can visit www.amasaves-
KFT 30.32 30.66 .34 ever worked on,” AMA adviser lives.com.
Oshkosh Jimmy Peltier said.
OSK 40.88 42.92 2.03 All AMA chapters are also en- LAMBTJ28@UWW.EDU

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Photo illustration Seth Anderson/AndersonSP04@uww.edu

Campus Update
Innovation Center set for

National News Regional News

April 27 groundbreaking
Whitewater’s role as a center of
research and job creation takes an-
other step forward this spring as
construction begins on the Innova-
tion Center in Whitewater Univer-
sity Technology Park.
A ribbon-cutting and ground-
breaking ceremony is set for 4 p.m.
Tuesday, April 27, in the 125-acre
park on Whitewater’s east side.
Construction equipment will
soon follow the ceremonial shov-
els as work begins on the $5 mil-
lion, 38,000-square-footInnovation
Center, the business incubator that
will be the first building on the site.
Whitewater City Manager
Kevin Brunner said the Innovation
Center groundbreaking and devel-
opment of the Whitewater Univer-
sity Technology Park represent a
rich and rewarding partnership be-
tween the city and UW-Whitewa-
ter.
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Citigroup shows $4.4 billion
profit, turns a corner
After nearly two years of oper-
ating in the red, Citigroup provided
the strongest signs yet that the trou-
bled bank is recovering after it re-
ported a $4.4 billion profit in the first
quarter.
The earnings, which beat analyst
expectations and were the bank’s
best since the financial crisis began,
were the result of the resurgence in
the bond market and improvements
in the economy, particularly over-
seas. Both play to Citigroup’s
strengths as a major player in fixed
income and emerging markets.
Toyota agrees to pay $16.4 Authorities criticized over Telkonet awarded $1.2 million
million fine for recalls handling of flight ban
Transportation Secretary Ray
LaHood said Monday that Toy-
ota had agreed to pay a $16.4 mil-
lion fine, the largest government
penalty ever against an au-
tomaker, for concealing informa-
Top leaders at Goldman had
a role in mortgage unit
Jonathan M. Egol, the master-
mind behind a series of mortgage
deals known as the Abacus invest-
ments is now at the center of allega-
tions that Goldman Sachs defrauded
investors with one of those complex
deals.
The Securities and Exchange
Commission filed a civil fraud suit
Friday that stated Goldman Sachs
built the financial an elaborate
scheme and then sold it to unwitting
investors.
Goldman Sachs has vowed to
fight the S.E.C.
contract
Several European countries an-
nounced Monday they would ease or
lift flight bans as eruptions from a vol-
cano in Iceland weakened and
spewed less ash into the skies. But
with thousands of passengers still
Survey signals more spending
to slash energy waste
Spending on energy efficiency is
projected to grow as the economy
improves and businesses ramp up
capital spending, according to the
latest energy efficiency snapshot
from Johnson Controls Inc.
The company surveyed more
than 1,400 executives in North
America about energy costs, carbon-
mitigation plans and energy effi-
ciency spending trends for its annual
Energy Efficiency Indicator, released
Monday. The survey found improv-
ing energy efficiency in buildings is
the biggest priority for businesses.
A Wauwatosa energy manage-
ment company said Monday it has
been awarded a $1.2 million contract
that will put its product in more than
3,000 housing units on an East Coast
military base.
RedPrairie opens office in
SouthAfrica
RedPrairie has opened an office
in Johannesburg, South Africa, the
Waukesha company said Monday.
RedPrairie develops software
that helps manufacturers, distribu-
tors and retailers manage their work-
force, inventory and transportation.
Its South African customers include
Imperial Logistics, which provides
logistics and supply chain manage-
ment; Clover, a dairy company; and
Simba, a snacks provider owned by
PepsiCo, RedPrairie said.
In March, RedPrairie was ac-
quired by New Mountain Capital.
Blockbuster coming to Kwik
Trip
Kwik Trip stores in Wisconsin
soon will get Blockbuster Video
rental kiosks, according to a re-
port from the Dow Jones service
published on CSPNet.com.
The report says 400 of the

tion related to its sticking pedal stranded and airlines bleeding money, Telkonet Inc. signed the contract Kwik Trip convenience stores in
every four months to check

recall. governments faced growing criticism with a large energy services company, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa
accuracy and to deter ID theft.

This penalty involves the
sticky pedal and slow to return
pedal defects that led to Toyota’s
recall of about 2.3 million vehi-
cles in the United States in late
January. Some 8 million cars
were recalled worldwide.
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over their seemingly ponderous re-
sponse.
The International Air Transport
Association, an airline industry group,
criticized what it called a “lack of
leadership” by European govern-
ments.
the company said.
Telkonet’s patented Internet-
based software helps hotels and other
customers save on energy costs, man-
age their high-speed Internet access
system and generate reports about
what’s happening on their property.
will get kiosks this summer.
The announcement comes at
the same time Blockbuster has
been closing stores around the
country, including many in our
area.