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Contact: Vicki Hearing Email: vicki.hearing@swib.state.wi.us Phone: (608) 261-2415 Madison, WI (November 10, 2010) - The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) paid $22 million less to manage the state’s retirement funds in 2009 than its peers spent for similar services, according to an independent report from CEM Benchmarking, Inc. CEM compared SWIB’s costs to those of a peer group that includes 14 other...

Contact: Ed Taylor, Director of Marketing & Communications 608-663-2333 Madison, Wis. (November 10, 2010) – Edgewood College presents a very special program that highlights a little-known but tragic situation in our world today. Invisible Children is an international organization that works to end the use of child-soldiers in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Uganda. The group’s website describes their work...

Contact: Teresa Weidemann-Smith, (608) 266-9600 MADISON - The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (Commission) will hold public hearings on Wednesday, November 17 in Eau Claire and Madison on Northern States Power Company’s (NSPW) request to adjust its electric rates. NSPW, doing business as Xcel Energy, has requested to increase their electric rates by 5.4 percent. When a utility requests a...

CONTACT - Mark Fryer, (262) 832-9016 or (414) 336-2246 MILWAUKEE -- J. Monte Roach has been named president and chief executive officer of Maysteel LLC, a leading maker of metal enclosures, assemblies and components. “We’re delighted that Monte has agreed to join Maysteel and the Everett Smith Group,” said J. Douglas Gray, president and chief executive officer of Everett Smith Group,...

MADISON, WISCONSIN – Wisconsinmade.com, an e-commerce gift store, is pleased to announce that Monterey Mills, of Janesville, Wisconsin, now offers the Denali Home Collection of fleece throw blankets for purchase on Wisconsinmade.com . Wisconsinmade.com carefully selects only the finest-quality products made in Wisconsin and offers them for sale on the Internet. "We are delighted to have the Denali Home...

Contact: Mike Ruzicka 414.870.1876 November 10, 2010 – Home sales in the Metropolitan Milwaukee market decreased 11.2% through the first 10-months of 2010, compared to the same period in 2009, according to housing statistics released today by Metro MLS, Inc. There were 10,769 sales through October 2010 compared to 12,121 a year ago. The monthly year-to-year decrease of 42.6% can be misleading...

Contact: Beth Kaplan (608) 267-3810 Decline attributed to state youth prevention efforts MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today announced that tobacco sales to Wisconsin minors decreased significantly this year. The state’s 2010 Synar sales compliance survey, which determines the number of retail outlets selling tobacco illegally to minors, shows the noncompliance rate dropped to 4.7 percent, down from 5.7 percent in 2009. “In...

For More Information Contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 ST. FRANCIS – Republic Services of Wisconsin has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle state claims under Wisconsin's air pollution and solid waste management laws for violations at the Kestrel Hawk Landfill in Racine and the Mallard Ridge Recycling and Disposal Facility in Delavan, Wisconsin. The complaint...

The Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium is running today and tomorrow at the Monona Terrace in Madison. The event is open to early stage companies representing an array of industries: biotechnology, biofuels and products, “cleantech,” advanced manufacturing, information technology, nanotechnology and business services. Read below for recent WisBusiness.com profiles of selected companies, written by students in the UW-Madison Department of...

By Laura Ahlgren For WisBusiness.com Imagine if a child with severe burns over 10 percent of his or her body could be healed with just one dressing, which kills infection-causing bacteria while promoting new skin growth at the same time. This innovative wound dressing technology may be coming to a burn unit soon, thanks to the work of Madison-based Imbed Biosciences. Treating...