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--Survey Points to Weakest Employment Outlook Since the 1982 Recession MILWAUKEE, March 10, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- U.S. employers are projecting a considerably slower hiring pace for Quarter 2 2009, according to the seasonally adjusted results of the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, conducted quarterly by Manpower Inc. "A significant number of employers surveyed anticipate 'no change' in...

For more information contact: Bill Cosh 608/266-1221 Madison-- Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen released the following statement today announcing his decision not to appeal Flying J v. Van Hollen, a case in which the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin struck down as unconstitutional Wisconsin's Unfair Sales Act with respect...

Media Contacts: Nancy Deptolla (262) 236-4175 nbdeptolla@sbcglobal.net or Jennifer Neighbors (414) 476-5781 jennifer_neighbors@hotmail.com BELOIT, Wis. – For the third consecutive year, ABC Supply Co. Inc. has been honored with the Gallup Great Workplace Award. The company is one of only 23 companies in the world to receive the 2009 award. The Gallup Great Workplace Awards, which were announced in Washington D.C. Thursday, recognize the best-performing...

CONTACT: Peter Kleppin, 608-262-8292, kleppin@wisc.edu MADISON - "IMHO," or "In My Humble Opinion," a lively student talk show produced by the University of Wisconsin-Madison's University Communications, will make its national network debut on the Big Ten Network at 4 p.m. on Thursday, March 12. Guided by five student hosts, the show will explore issues including politics, entertainment, sports and student...

Contact: Casey Langan, Director of Public Relations 608-828-5711 MADISON — A crowd of over 500 farmers from across the state are expected to arrive in Madison tomorrow for Ag Day at the Capitol. Ag Day at the Capitol is the largest annual gathering where farmers meet with their legislators to inform them about the state’s $51 billion agriculture industry. “Ag Day kicks...

Media Contact: Steve Schultz (608) 458-3285 Convenient self service options are among the available choices for customers MADISON, WI – March 10, 2009 – Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), an Alliant Energy company, encourages customers who are not current on their utility bills to take advantage of any of our various payment options now, before the moratorium on shut offs...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Hiring plans for American companies are at their weakest point since the 1982 recession, according to the seasonally adjusted results of the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey. The survey, conducted quarterly by Manpower Inc., shows U.S. employers are projecting a considerably slower hiring pace for the second quarter of 2009. "A significant number of employers...

East Room 11:47 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  Please, have a seat.  Thank you much.  Well, I'm excited too.  (Laughter.)  Today, with the executive order I am about to sign, we will bring the change that so many scientists and researchers, doctors and innovators, patients and loved ones have hoped for, and fought for, these past eight years:  We will lift...

By WisBusiness Staff Wisconsin had a sizable contingent present for the White House signing ceremony marking the end of restrictions on stem cell research funding. President Obama signed the executive order this morning, which allows increased federal money for the controversial research. U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, and UW-Madison Professor James Thomson, who pioneered the isolation of human embryonic stem...