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(MILWAUKEE, Wis): Winners of the prestigious Milwaukee Home & Fine Living 2009 Design Awards competition were announced Thursday, October 22, 2009, during a luncheon at the Italian Conference Center. Builders, landscape architects, interior designers, and remodelers received Gold, Silver and Bronze awards for their best residential projects in Southeast Wisconsin. A total of 45 awards were distributed to 30 different...

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By Kay Nolan For WisBusiness MILWAUKEE -- A call to offer free municipal water to attract new employers and a push to expand the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee beyond its east side campus dominated a panel discussion Thursday morning on the future of Milwaukee’s 30th Street industrial corridor. Badger Meter's Richard Meeusen says city water could be a key incentive in the corridor's...

By Tracy Will For WisBusiness.com MADISON -- WisDOT's Mark Wolfgram said Wisconsin could know by early next year if it has been successful in the high-speed rail competition. “We are looking for the president to announce the ARRA grants in his State of the Union speech early in 2010,” Wolfgram said in describing the steps Wisconsin and Illinois have taken to...

By Tracy Will WisBusiness.com The Federal Reserve Beige Book released Oct. 21 from Minneapolis and Chicago reported improving trends in Wisconsin and “cautious optimism for improvement,” during the final quarter of 2009. The Fed uses anecdotal information from regional businesses to compose its Beige Book reports. Wisconsin’s manufacturing sector was poised to improve production thanks to low costs for recycled steel....

Health care experts from Wisconsin will address a Tuesday Nov. 17 WisPolitics.com/WisBusiness.com forum on health care policy. The event begins at 8 a.m. and ends at 9 a.m. with breakfast and registration starting at 7:30 a.m. The event is presented exclusively by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin. The forum will take place at The Madison Club. Current panelists...

CONTACT: Renee Meiller, 608-262-2481, meiller@engr.wisc.edu MADISON - The November edition of Popular Science magazine recognized two University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering alumni as two of its "Brilliant 10," the 10 young geniuses shaking up science today. J. Adam Wilson, who earned a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering in May under UW-Madison biomedical engineering assistant professor Justin Williams, researches brain-computer interface technologies. Someday, these...

Contacts: Laura Smith, Office of the Governor, 608-261-2162 Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608-267-9661 MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle today welcomed eight biotechnology companies to Wisconsin from other states, including five in Madison: Aldevron, Flex Biomedical, Inc., Inviragen, Inc., Exact Sciences Corporation, and NanoMedex. “Hard work...