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BizTimes Milwaukee announced the winners of its 2009 Health Care Heroes Awards.

We Energies recently released the newest edition of its "Cookie Book," an 80-year holiday tradition cookbook available for its customers. The newest edition features 45 holiday recipes along with photos.

Shift Worldwide, a Chicago-based virtual communication consulting firm with Milwaukee ties, recently launched its Virtual Conference Room, a browser-based platform that fills the visual void existing in conference calls and virtual presentation tools, while reducing the high costs of business travel and office-based videoconferencing systems.

Get a head start on the spooky festivities this weekend with the BizTimes Bubbler!

Should the mayor of Milwaukee be allowed to take control of Milwaukee Public Schools?

A gala was recently held to benefit the Betty Brinn Children's Museum in Milwaukee

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Five best selling business books courtesy of 800-CEO-Read

Check out the week ahead surrounding Milwaukee's performing arts and music scene by visiting Third Coast Digest, a media partner of BizTimes Milwaukee.

“Banks didn’t cause this recession as so many believe. We also were not bailed out as so many claim. We didn’t make irresponsible subprime loans to people who didn't have the capacity to repay them. We didn’t speculate in investment instruments we didn’t understand, like credit default swaps and other derivatives. And we are doing our best to meet the demand for loans to qualified borrowers. We understand our vital role as the foundation of economic development and job growth in every corner of Wisconsin and our nation. We want to make prudent loans to businesses in the communities we serve because if those businesses don’t succeed, neither will we.”