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By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com The nation’s utilities and their customers could save more than $70 billion over the next two decades if they took advantage of so-called “smart grid” technologies to reduce and control power use, according to an expert from the Department of Energy's Northwest Labs in Washington State. Speaking at a Wisconsin Public Utility Institute Conference...

By Leslie Vos WisBusiness.com Did you know that most running shoes are designed for people between the ages of 18 and 30? Waunakee resident Michael Miller learned that the hard way. In his late 30s, Miller picked up the sport of running as a recreational activity and as a way to incorporate cardiovascular activity into his healthy new lifestyle. While Miller...

WisBusiness.com Chromalox announced today that rising costs are forcing it to close plants in two southern Wisconsin communities in July and lay off a total of 110 workers. The company makes electrical heating and control products. Company officials said restructuring is forcing it to shut down its factories in Albany, where 80 employees will be terminated; and Orfordville, where...

RACINE, Wis., April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- With job layoff announcements making weekly headlines and surveys reporting that a third of all employees plan to make voluntary job changes, investing in our careers may make the best financial sense for those stimulus checks and tax rebates that are on the way. That's the counsel from fee-only financial planner Michael Haubrich,...

Madison, Wis.– Mary Madigan has joined The Guild, Inc. as vice president of merchandising. She brings extensive brand merchandising and product development experience to The Guild, most recently as senior vice president, merchandising and product development at chefs, where she introduced several new categories to the brand. Prior to chefs, Mary served as vice president, catalog merchandising at Restoration...

CHICAGO, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Ever since Ponce de Leon set out to find the mythical "Fountain of Youth" society has been absorbed with the notion that there is something to consume to stay young. One noted gerontologist, however, is promoting a far different formula for retaining health and vitality at any age. "Movement is truly one of the best...

Dark Custom Collection from Harley-Davidson revisits roots to spur new beginnings MILWAUKEE, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- There's a time in everyone's life when necessity trumps extravagance. One look at Harley-Davidson's collection of chopped-up, stripped-down and purposely unpolished bikes and you suddenly realize what that bumps-and-bruises feeling of self discovery is supposed to look like. But don't be fooled by...

ATLANTA, April 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding businesses in Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota that Economic Injury Disaster Loans are still available to small businesses economically impacted by the severe storms and flooding August 18 - 31, 2007. "Businesses that suffered economic losses as a result of the disaster and want to apply for low-interest loans...