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Lands' End Business Outfitters Kicks Off 2008 Team Uniform Makeover DODGEVILLE, WIS., March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The adage "Dress for the job you want, not the one you have," rings true for businesses too. When making a presentation to a perspective client, helping a customer or grabbing coffee on the way to work, employees represent their companies every day. (Logo:...

BELOIT, Wis., March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second consecutive year, ABC Supply Co. Inc. has been honored with a Gallup Great Workplace Award. The company is one of only 20 worldwide to receive the 2008 award. The Gallup Great Workplace Awards recognize the best-performing workforces in the world and are based on the most rigorous workplace research ever conducted....

Premiere Issue on Newsstands March 25 MILWAUKEE, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- As interest in wholesome eating and healthy cooking increases, Taste of Home, the largest cooking magazine in America, introduces Healthy Cooking -- a new magazine that gives readers what they need for a healthier life. With its mix of recipe and non-recipe content, provided by real home cooks...

MILWAUKEE, March 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MGIC Investment Corporation (NYSE:MTG) ("MGIC") has announced that it has agreed to sell $325 million principal amount of 9% Convertible Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2063. MGIC also granted to the initial purchaser an option to purchase an additional $65 million aggregate principal amount of debentures. The debentures are being sold in a private placement...

MILWAUKEE, March 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MGIC Investment Corporation (NYSE:MTG) ("MGIC") has announced that it has agreed to sell 37,333,333 shares of its common stock in a public offering at a price per share of $11.25, for gross proceeds of approximately $420 million. The gross proceeds represent a 20% increase in the size of the offering over what MGIC had...

MADISON - The University of Wisconsin-Madison has received a $1.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support research aimed at understanding the molecular features that lead to influenza pandemics. UW-Madison will collaborate with Maryland-based Lentigen Corp. on the project.As part of the grant, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and Lentigen Corp. have agreed to...

Schneider National earns recognition for its strong performance and inventive thinking   GREEN BAY, Wis. — March 25, 2008 — Schneider National, Inc., premier provider of transportation, logistics and intermodal services, has received the first-ever Innovator of the Year award from Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB). Schneider earned this award for its innovative thinking and the assistance it provided in pioneering a transportation...

Participants gain skills to manage change, lead successful lean transformations   APPLETON, Wis. – Manufacturing managers, supervisors and team leaders can gain the skills to manage change and lead a successful lean transformation in a series of workshops that kick off April 22 in Appleton.   The Lean Leadership Development Series is offered by the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP) in cooperation...

By Brian E. Clark RISING Actuant The surging international energy business sector helped push earnings gains at Waukesha County’s Actuant Corp. up by 17 percent during the fiscal second quarter, bettering analysts’ forecasts.  Actuant said it is counting on a record year and says sales for the full year ending in August should grow by as much as 16 percent, and earnings per share should increase...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Gov. Jim Doyle's office says he will join business leaders, researchers and community members to launch his hew energy plan for Wisconsin this morning at C5-6 Technologies in Middleton. Doyle has said the plan will detail strategies to move Wisconsin forward to promote renewable energy, create new jobs, increase energy security and improve the environment....

WisBusiness.com Gov. Jim Doyle's office says he will join business leaders, researchers and community members to launch his hew energy plan for Wisconsin tomorrow at C5-6 Technologies in Middleton. Doyle has said the plan will detail strategies to move Wisconsin forward to promote renewable energy, create new jobs, increase energy security and improve the environment. C5-6 Technologies was spun...