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Largest wind farm to date in Wisconsin is on time and on budget MILWAUKEE, May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- We Energies' Blue Sky Green Field wind project was placed into commercial service today. The 88 turbines have a demonstrated capacity of 145 megawatts and are expected to generate more than 328 million emission-free kilowatt hours annually -- enough to power...

Brookfield, WI –   It’s a familiar sight: the gerbil on a treadmill, running as fast as he can but barely keeping up.  Unfortunately, in today’s economy, many people find themselves in the same fix as the gerbil, struggling on a financial treadmill and barely keeping up – or even falling behind.   “Inflation has slashed our buying power to its lowest...

MADISON - As the official June 1 start of the Atlantic hurricane season approaches, forecasters are developing predictions about the severity of this year's season. For the first time this year, African dust may provide a piece of this puzzle. Researchers in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) reported earlier this year that African...

New Process Library Achieves TOGAF Tool Support Certification by The Open Group HUDSON, Wis., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Armstrong Process Group (APG) announced today its release of the APG TOGAF(TM) Process Library (ATPL), an innovative and unique way of using the industry's leading open enterprise architecture development method and framework -- The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF). The ATPL...

Small Business Owners Still Have Time to Apply ATLANTA, May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding businesses that June 18 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans that are available to small businesses located in the counties of Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Door, Douglas, Dunn,...

Pharmaceutical Company Alleged To Have Engaged In Deceptive Marketing Of Vioxx, A Drug The Company Pulled Off The Market In The Fall Of 2004   MADISON — Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen today filed a stipulated judgment with Merck and Company, Inc. resolving a three-year investigation by 30 states concerning the company’s deceptive promotion of the drug Vioxx.  In addition to...

By Brian E. Clark RISING Ag exports Aided partly by a weak dollar, agricultural exports from Wisconsin totaled a record $466 million in the first quarter of the year -- a jump of 18.4 percent over the first quarter of 2007. Major increases include: 103 percent in dairy exports to $65 million; 19.5 percent in cereals, including corn and wheat, to $19.6 million; 1,000 percent in...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Gov. Jim Doyle has departed for a business trip to Canada to meet with business and government officials, to discuss protecting the Great Lakes, and to promote Wisconsin’s leadership in agriculture and clean energy, his office said. Doyle will visit the Canadian cities of Winnipeg, Montreal, Quebec City, and Toronto....

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com Gov. Jim Doyle left today for a business trip to Canada to meet with business and government officials, discuss protecting the Great Lakes, and promote Wisconsin’s leadership in agriculture and clean energy, his office said. Doyle will visit the Canadian cities of Winnipeg, Montreal, Quebec City, and Toronto. ...