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CONTACT: Judi Murphy Director of Strategic Alliances ActionCOACH of Elm Grove P: 262-790-1213 F: 262-790-1516 E: JudiMurphy@actioncoach.com W: http://www.actioncoach.com Elm Grove, WI, February 20, 2009 – ActionCOACH of Elm Grove announces the graduation class of BusinessRICH, the intensive program that supplies the fundamentals of building a successful business model. Jim Palzewicz, president of ActionCOACH of Elm Grove said, “We congratulate these business owners for taking...

Contact: Joshua Morby 414.791.9120 Flometrics, a company in California, became the first people to test a rocket fueled by biodiesel, only a month after the first US airline conducted a flight powered by biodiesel. Here are some facts: * Flometrics found that the engine produced the same amount of thrust burning biodiesel that it did burning conventional...

CONTACT: Dian Land, 608-261-1034, dj.land@hosp.wisc.edu MADISON - Warfarin, one of the world's most widely used drugs, is also one of the trickiest to prescribe. Half of those who take it are at risk of serious problems when given the standard starting dose. Now, in one of the first illustrations of "personalized medicine" based on genetic information, an international research team has...

MIDDLETON, WI—Dr. Chris Kammer announces the opening of Kammer Family Dental at the Center for Cosmetic Dentistry, 2275 Deming Way Ste. 180. In the midst of an economic recession and with childhood decay on the rise, Kammer Family Dental responds by offering a practical, affordable dental program for families. “With children, the younger they begin our preventative care...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- A state budget adjustment bill, introduced last week and fast-tracked through the Legislature this week, is on its way to Gov. Jim Doyle after both the state Senate and Assembly approved it Wednesday. The bill needed to be moved quickly in order for the state to take full advantage of federal money from the hospital...

By WisBusiness Staff While it raises some business taxes, the budget proposal unveiled Tuesday night by Gov. Jim Doyle will also provide incentives to investors, businesses that expand research and development investment, and those that create jobs. Among a host of initiatives to beef up Act 255 tax credits for angel investments, Doyle proposes raising the cap on the credits from $1 million to...

By WisBusiness Staff A Dane County jury has found drug maker Pharmacia defrauded Wisconsin’s Medicaid program by inflating prices and ordered the company to pay $9 million. The jury also found Pharmacia, a subsidiary of Pfizer, violated the Medicaid Fraud law more than 1.4 million times. The state Department of Justice, which brought the action against the company, said the...