Baird Venture Partners: Core Essence secures $11.5 million Series B financing
FORT WASHINGTON, Penn., March 21, 2011 – Core Essence Orthopaedics, Inc. (Core Essence), a Fort Washington, Penn.-based orthopaedic device company, announced today it has raised $11.5 million in Series B financing. Baird Venture Partners led the round, joined by existing investor NewSpring Health Capital, Robin Hood Ventures and other individual investors. The funding, which follows a $5 million...
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts: To open Tuesday in Middleton
Deming Way location will be one of only two Krispy Kreme outlets in Wisconsin
MIDDLETON – On Tuesday March 22, the iconic doughnut chain Krispy Kreme will open its first Madison-area location, at 2019 Deming Way in Middleton. Middleton will be just the second Wisconsin location for the national chain.
Although Krispy Kreme sells assorted types of doughnuts, its signature...
Marinette Marine: Awarded $376 million Navy contract
Contact: Joshua Morby
Mobile: 920.968.4197
Email: media@thenewnorth.com
MARINETTE, March 18, 2011 – Marinette Marine has received a $376 million contract by the US Navy to build another littoral combat ship at the company’s...
American Speed Association: ASAMT shifts to double-file restarts in 2011
WHEN THE FANS SPEAK THE ASAMT LISTENS
March 21, 2011 - The American Speed Association® Kwik Trip Midwest Tour presented by ECHO Outdoor Power Equipment and GrandStay Hospitality is listening to its fans. Throughout the winter, several questions were posted on the ASA Midwest Tour Facebook Page because the ASAMT wanted to hear from their fans. Well, when some of...
Wisconsin REALTORS Association: February housing sales and prices fall
Contact:
Bill Malkasian, WRA President, 608-345-9004, wem@wra.org
or
David Clark, Economist, C3 Statistical Solutions and Professor of Economics, Marquette University, 414-803-6537, dclark@c3stats.com
MADISON, WI – After a strong showing in January, home sales in Wisconsin declined in February according to data just released by the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association (WRA). Sales of existing homes fell 5.5 percent in February compared to the...
Alliant Energy: Urges qualified customers to apply for energy assistance
Media Contact: Steve Schultz (608) 458-3285
Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program funds available through May 15, 2011
MADISON, WI – March 21, 2011 – Alliant Energy is reminding customers that energy assistance funds are still available for qualified individuals and families through the Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program (WHEAP). The program provides dollars to moderate and low income level households to...
UW-Madison: New imaging technique provides rapid, high-definition chemistry
Contact: Carol Hirschmugl, 414-229-5748, cjhirsch@uwm.edu; or Rohit Bhargava, 217-265-6596, rxb@illinois.edu
With intensity a million times brighter than sunlight, a new synchrotron-based imaging technique offers high-resolution pictures of the molecular composition of tissues with unprecedented speed and quality. Carol Hirschmugl, a physicist at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), led a team of researchers from UWM, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign...
White House: As one year anniversary of health reform law approaches, White House report outlines benefits for Wisconsin
As the Obama Administration marks the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, the White House today issued a report highlighting the benefits of health reform for Wisconsin residents. Signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010, the Affordable Care Act has given Wisconsin residents more freedom and control over their health care choices.
The...
