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Petit Four, Naturally-
Swiss Colony Makes Healthy Version of Little Cakes

Natural foods connoisseurs can have their cake and eat it, too.
The Swiss Colony, the largest purveyor of petits fours in the United States, has entered the natural foods market with a trio of the little layered pastries made from all natural ingredients. (The Capital Times-Business 2/16/07 & Wisconsin State Journal-Local 3/19/07. This story ran on the AP Wire.)http://host.madison.com/news/local/article_ec80b8dc-cb0e-5cc0-a771-fa7459bd1f7a.htmlhttp://host.madison.com/news/local/article_ec80b8dc-cb0e-5cc0-a771-fa7459bd1f7a.htmlshapeimage_7_link_0shapeimage_7_link_1
Banks Adding Personal Touches To  Make Banking More Pleasant

It's not your father's bank.
Chances are, it's not even like the bank where you do business today.
Gone are the four-deep teller lines, intimidating atmosphere and hushed silences, swept away by a new trend in banking where hospitality is the currency of choice and customers are welcomed like family. (The Wisconsin State Journal- Business 8/23/07)http://host.madison.com/business/article_4bad6c89-4a20-5c4a-84cb-5760451a5178.htmlhttp://host.madison.com/business/article_4bad6c89-4a20-5c4a-84cb-5760451a5178.htmlshapeimage_9_link_0shapeimage_9_link_1
Summer Jobs for the Taking- Students can get cash, experience working during the summer

It wasn’t just another day at the beach.
Tsunamis, triggered by earthquakes offshore, washed over the infrastructure of Seaside, Ore., while scientists monitored the damage. Generated in an Olympic-sized wave pool at Oregon State University, the pseudo-tsunamis inundated a scale model of the resort town built by Edgewood College senior Jennifer Krebs and a team of tsunami researchers. (The Wisconsin State Journal- Front Page A1 5/27/08)http://host.madison.com/news/article_ab558326-3054-5dec-b986-419a99f0c7d5.htmlhttp://host.madison.com/news/article_ab558326-3054-5dec-b986-419a99f0c7d5.htmlshapeimage_11_link_0shapeimage_11_link_1