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By Brian E. Clark For WisBusiness.com Companies that fail to differentiate themselves from their competitors will face increased difficulties and even possible failure, economist and author Kay Plantes says. Plantes, an MIT-trained economist who wrote ``Beyond Price,'' said companies need to do more than trim costs, lay off staff, work harder, step up marketing and put more emphasis on branding. To...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Office of Recovery and Reinvestment Chief Gary Wolter kept his day job as MG&E CEO because his brief role in the Doyle Adminstration that began last fall was “to start up” the process to tap into federal recovery funds. Now he's ready to leave May 8. “We are at the point now to develop what...

By Tracy Will For WisBusiness.com MADISON -- Clean Wisconsin policy director Keith Reopelle told the UW-Madison Nelson Institute's Earth Day conference that regional efforts to deal with CO2 limits may bear fruit before federal actions take shape, thanks in part to Gov. Jim Doyle. "A lot of the governors want these energy efficiency products to be built in this area, advancing...

MADISON - Several University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate programs are ranked among the nation's best in the 2010 edition of U.S. News and World Report's "Best Graduate Schools." Not all programs are ranked every year. Those UW programs ranked this year are: - Biological sciences: tied for 15th overall, with microbiology tied for third. - School of Business: ranked 28th overall, up from...

Contact: Joshua Morby Mobile: 920.968.4197 Email: media@thenewnorth.com NEW NORTH, April 23, 2009 – Four companies headquartered in the New North were recently named to the Fortune 1000 list of America’s largest corporations – Oshkosh Corp., Manitowoc Company, and Neenah-based Bemis Company and Plexus Corp. “The New North is one of the best places in the country to do business, and the continued success...

Cooperative Health Choices of Western Wisconsin (CHC) was formed in late 2008 as a solution to the rising cost of health insurance faced by small businesses. “Many businesses are at the mercy of double-digit rate increases or are priced out of the market and are unable to provide health insurance as a benefit,” said Steve Healy, president of CHC....

CONTACT: Byron Crouse, 608-265-6727, bjcrouse@wisc.edu MADISON - If you're shopping for affordable health insurance, here's a handy tip: Don't be a farmer. Even in America's Dairyland, high insurance costs for farm families can literally add insult to injury. In a job where the labor is strenuous, the equipment is sometimes dangerous and accidents can happen in a flash, many farmers...