Schneider National Adds Three New Orientation Sites for Experienced Drivers
Drivers near Indianapolis, West Memphis and Atlanta now have a shorter distance to travel
in their quest for a better career
GREEN BAY, Wis.—June 19, 2008—Experienced truck drivers interested in joining Schneider National, Inc., a premier provider of transportation, logistics and intermodal services, now have several new places to turn as they begin their career with the nation’s largest truckload...
UWM Research Foundation licenses compounds to MPP Group for alcohol addiction
MILWAUKEE – The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Research Foundation (UWMRF) and MPP Group, LLC, announced the completion of a license agreement for a series of novel compounds that may be useful in the treatment and control of alcohol addiction.
The family of compounds licensed by MPP Group LLC, a Wauwatosa-based biopharma company, appears to interact with certain neurotransmitters in the brain...
S.S. Badger Offers Relief to Commercial Trucks Stranded by Road Closures
MANITOWOC, Wisc-Flooding in southern Wisconsin has lead to many road closures in the aftermath of last week’s storms, making travel extremely difficult. In addition, WisDOT has issued temporary suspension of oversize and overweight permits effective as of 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, June 17, 2008. The 410’ S.S. Badger cross-lake ferry offers an alternative, with two daily trips from Manitowoc,...
Governor Doyle Obtains Disaster Unemployment Assistance for an Additional Five Wisconsin Counties
MADISON – Governor Jim Doyle announced today that individuals in Dodge, Green, Washington, Waukesha, and Winnebago counties affected by the recent severe storms and floods that began on June 5, 2008 will be eligible to apply for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), including Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA).
These five counties are in addition to the seven...
ADAPTIVE MICRO SYSTEMS DELIVERS DIGITAL BILLBOARD DEAL FOR LESS THAN $100,000
Introduces MEDIAMaster(tm) Series with Specially Priced All-in-One Package Milwaukee, WI, June 16, 2008 . . . Aiming to meet the needs of a ever-growing segment of the burgeoning electronic billboard market, Adaptive Micro Systems LLC has created a groundbreaking digital billboard package that bundles a 12' X 24' MEDIAMaster(tm) electronic display with a selection of accessories for $99,900.Based on...
State jobless rate falls
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman announced today that Wisconsin’s unemployment rate for May was 4.2 percent, down 0.2 percentage points from the April rate of 4.4 percent and one-half of a percentage point lower than the rate in May of 2007. The national rate for May was 5.2, up 0.4 percentage points from April's 4.8...
White Cap Real Estate Opens East Coast Branch
Firm Establishes Presence in D.C. Market with Virginia Office
Ashburn, Va.-White Cap Real Estate, a Wisconsin-based real estate investmentfirm specializing in 1031 Tenant-In-Common solutions, has opened an eastcoast branch. The Ashburn, Va. office, which opened in early June, is thefirm's third location. White Cap also has offices in Madison and Appleton,Wis., and partners with a firm in California.
Steady...
Massachusetts Maintains Lead as Nation’s Top State in Technology and Science, According to Milken Institute
SAN DIEGO – Massachusetts, which just passed a $1-billion life sciences bill to invest in high-tech infrastructure and research and development over the next 10 years, is in the best position of any state to achieve high-quality economic growth thanks to its vast array of technology and science assets, a new Milken Institute study shows.
Massachusetts ranks first in...
(WisBusiness) THURS News Summary — 19 June 2008
From WisBusiness.com ...
-- The GBC Commercial Products Group has informed state and local officials it plans to lay off 21 employees at its Pleasant Prairie plant starting Aug. 1 and running over the next nine months.
The Illinois-based company, which makes plastic-working machines, said affected employees will be paid all earned wages and agreed-upon benefits upon termination of...
Top of 6/18 NS
-- On a day when the governor of Maryland proposed a $1.1 billion biotechnology initiative and the governor of Massachusetts signed a similar $1 billion bill into law, Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle said there's plenty of room for major research states to work collaboratively on breakthroughs involving stem cells.
"This is not a case of one state is going to...