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Contact: Joshua Morby (414) 791-9120 As temperatures in Wisconsin drop this winter, it is important to know that using ethanol instead of gasoline to fill up means one does not have to add over-the-counter additives to keep the gas line from freezing. Here are some facts: * Gas line antifreeze, just like ethanol, is an alcohol. ...

Media Contact: Steve Schultz (608) 458-3285 Designed for contractors, seminars first offered in January MADISON, WI – January 13, 2009 – Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), an Alliant Energy company, will sponsor utility safety and damage prevention seminars for contractors in conjunction with Diggers Hotline and the Wisconsin Damage Prevention Council. Builders, excavators, landscapers and others who work outside are...

More than 400 Business and Legislative Leaders Attending For more information or a media pass, contact Eric Skrum 608-441-1216 or eskrum@wisbank.com Wisconsin Economic Forecast Luncheon Date: Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009 Location: Monona Terrace Conference Center, Madison, WI Schedule: 11:30 a.m. – Registration Noon – Lunch Served 12:30 – Welcoming Remarks 12:40 – Governor Jim Doyle Speaks 12:55 – Keynote by Dr. Charles Evans, president/CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 2:00 –...

When: Thursday, February 26, 2009 Time: 11:30am to 1:00pm Where: Applied Tech office 203 S. Paterson Street, Ste 500 – Madison, WI Speaker: Tim Barrett, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and Small Business Specialist. Barrett, an employee of Applied Tech, is also the founder and president of the Kentucky Small Business Server User Group. Lunch will be provided. No cost....

CONTACT: Zhenqiang (Jack) Ma, 608-261-1095, mazq@engr.wisc.edu MADISON - Distorted cell-phone photos and big, clunky telephoto lenses could be things of the past. University of Wisconsin-Madison Electrical and Computer Engineering Associate Professor Zhenqiang (Jack) Ma and colleagues have developed a flexible light-sensitive material that could revolutionize photography and other imaging technologies. Their technology is featured on the cover of the January 5...

Solution will be used to manage over 120,000 associates MILWAUKEE, Wis. – RedPrairie Corporation, a consumer driven optimization company, has announced Loblaw Companies Limited has purchased RedPrairie's Workforce Management (WFM) application for its stores across Canada. The system will manage over 120,000 colleagues. Loblaw is Canada's largest food distributor, and a leading provider of general merchandise products, drugstore and financial...

Contact: Nathania Rohlinger The Falk Group PR 414-336-5914 Acquisition Expands ESI's Technology Offerings and Locations WAUKESHA, Wis., Jan. 6, 2009 - Environmental Systems Inc. (ESI) has acquired ECC Controls, Inc. (ECC) in a strategic growth move that expands ESI's technology offerings and its Midwest presence. ESI provides a wide range of technology and...

Contacts: Joshua Wescott, Office of the County Executive (608) 267-8823 or cell (608) 669-5606; Steve Kraus Madison Gas and Electric, County, Utility Agree to Generate, Buy & Sell More Electricity at Landfill Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk was joined by Madison Gas and Electric CEO Gary Wolter Monday to announce the county and utility have reached agreement on a new contract...

CONTACT: Janet L. Kelly, 608-890-1491, jkelly@warf.org; Johan Hyllner, +46 (0)31 758 0902, johan.hyllner@cellartis.com MADISON - The U.S. National Stem Cell Bank (NSCB) has announced that it has received deposits of two human embryonic stem cell lines from Cellartis AB, a biotechnology company based in Sweden. With the addition of the new lines, the National Stem Cell Bank now has received...