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Operating income more than triples to $6.3 million MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Marcus Corporation (NYSE:MCS) today reported increased revenues and operating income for the third quarter ended February 28, 2008. Third Quarter Fiscal 2008 Highlights Total revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 were $86,040,000, a 20.5 % increase from revenues of $71,418,000 for the third...

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Actuant Corporation (NYSE: ATU) today announced record sales and earnings for its second quarter ended February 29, 2008. Highlights Sales totaled $400 million, a 17% increase over the prior year, with 4% core sales growth (total sales less the impact of foreign currency rate changes and business acquisitions). Completed the previously announced European Electrical restructuring program. 23% year-over-year...

Most people take time to plan for retirement, put their kids through college or organize a yearly vacation. So why do so many people responsible for their company’s business intelligence (BI) initiative fail to adequately plan for this large, complex, and costly effort? With nearly 50 percent of all BI projects ending in some degree of failure, it is...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Gov. Jim Doyle on Tuesday praised a proposed rule to cut mercury emissions from utilities by 90 percent because of the flexibility built into the proposed rule. Doyle said the Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing April 7 on the proposal, which would require power plants to reduce mercury emissions by 90...

MADISON - The University of Wisconsin-Madison Clean Snowmobile team blew the competition out of the snow at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Clean Snowmobile Challenge (CSC) in Houghton, Mich., March 10-15. During the six-day competition, the UW-Madison team unveiled its new all-electric snowmobile, Bucky EV, which captured top honors in the zero-emissions competition.CSC teams re-engineer existing snowmobiles to...

March 18, 2008 – Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C., one of Wisconsin’s leading law firms, is pleased to announce that it has added Gerald J. Pace to its Public Finance practice.   Pace will be responsible for providing bond counsel to Wisconsin cities, counties, towns, villages, school districts, community development authorities, housing authorities, and special purpose districts.   “Gerald adds an interesting...

MADISON - For statues, stress injuries come from standing in place for hundreds of years. Using a novel technique, researchers have now developed a way to predict such fracturing, applying the procedure to Michelangelo's famous statue "David" in an analysis that proved simpler, faster and more accurate than previous methods.In applying the technique to other objects - including human...

Freedom (LCS 1) Successfully Completes Operational Test of Vessel's Electrical System MARINETTE, Wis., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's first Littoral Combat Ship, Freedom (LCS 1), has successfully completed another testing milestone with the "light off" and test of the new warship's electric plant. The first ship in its class, the agile, 377-foot Freedom was designed and built by...

National Search for Teacher Nominations Begins DODGEVILLE, Wis., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Almost everyone can remember a special childhood teacher, the one that left a positive, life-lasting impression. To recognize these "bright lights" in education, Lands' End is announcing the Teachers Light The Way Contest. The company will recognize outstanding teachers that have made a difference in the life...