WBIA: Biodiesel Basics #44: Biodiesel reduces harmful vehicle emissions
Contact: Joshua Morby 414.791.9120
Biodiesel, a renewable fuel made right here in Wisconsin, reduces a number of harmful vehicle emissions when used instead of conventional diesel. Here are a few facts:
* Biodiesel reduces lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions by 78 percent compared to petroleum diesel.
* Emissions of carbon monoxide, a poisonous gas...
Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce: Members invited to support 4-H meat animal sale
CONTACT:
Amy Loudenbeck
Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce
608.365.8835
amyl@greaterbeloitchamber.com
Beloit, WI – (July 21, 2009) The Greater Beloit Chamber of Commerce (GBCC) is doing its part to support the next generation of food producers and to help those in need of food during these challenging economic times. The Chamber is collecting donations from GBCC members and will use the combined funds to...
UW-Madison: Do Chicago’s suburbs hold the key to understanding West Nile Virus?
CONTACT: Tony Goldberg, 608-890-2618, tgoldberg@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu
MADISON - When Tony Goldberg is not whacking through the brush of central Africa, one of the world's great cauldrons of emerging human and animal disease, he is scouring another disease hot spot: the southwestern suburbs of Chicago.
For Goldberg, an epidemiologist and a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Veterinary Medicine, the Chicago...
UW-Madison: Symposium addresses science’s holiest grail: building life from scratch
CONTACT: Aseem Ansari, 608-265-4690, ansari@biochem.wisc.edu
MADISON - While at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, biochemist Har Gobind Khorana helped crack the genetic code, completing a set of experiments that garnered him a Nobel Prize in 1968.
Shortly thereafter, he went on to synthesize the first artificial gene. Today, science has advanced to the point where entire genomes - the genetic blueprints...
Body and Spine Chiropractic: Chiropractic office in Fitchburg brings massage to clinic
For more information, contact:
Charity Rood or Lori Heffernon, 608-279-4313
E-mail: lhoasis@yahoo.com
MADISON , Wis. – July 22, 2009 – When a business decides to open in Madison its great for the city and clients alike. Body and Spine Chiropractic of Fitchburg recently opened on Nesbitt Rd, the buzz is all about town.
According to owner Charity Rood, "the space was perfect,...
Shakespeare Wealth: Chosen as premier provider to medical community
Contact:
Kevin Reardon
Owner & President
Shakespeare Wealth Management, Inc.
262-814-1600
Kevin@shakespearewealthmanagement.com
Brookfield, WI – Shakespeare Wealth Management is excited to announce that the firm is one of a select group of NAPFA-Registered Financial Advisors to be chosen as premier providers to the medical community. The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), the country’s leading association of Fee-Only financial advisors will...
Gorder: State farmers hit rough patch after two solid years
By Brian E. Clark
For WisBusiness.com
After two strong years for Wisconsin's agriculture industry, this summer has many state farmers grappling with adversity.
On the down side, Wisconsin agriculture is suffering from depressed milk and grain prices, as well as a downturn in export markets.
Worse, some farmers in the northern two-thirds of the state are facing near drought conditions that could...
WisBusiness: Chicago Fed researcher sees Midwest poised for late 2009 upturn
By Tracy Will
For WisBusiness.com
“It’s always nice to start out with a joke, but there’s nothing funny about this economy,” Chicago Federal Reserve researcher Bill Testa told the Smith and Gesteland Executive Speaker Series at Edgewood College Tuesday.
Despite the impact of losing GM in Janesville, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago research V.P. Testa said Wisconsin has probably seen the...
