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Milwaukee , WI , June 4, 2008 - Merge Healthcare Incorporated (NASDAQ: MRGE; TSX: MRG), a medical imaging software and services company, today announced the reorganization of its business operations and a change in executive management. The details include: Reorganization In conjunction with the management changes described below, the company is reorganizing and renaming its operating divisions. Merge Healthcare...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Mithridion, Inc., and Cognitive Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., both private drug discovery and development companies focusing on drugs for Alzheimer’s disease and other serious Central Nervous System (CNS) disorders, have merged. Mithridion is the surviving entity, and will maintain its headquarters and preclinical drug research laboratories in Madison and will have its early drug discovery and...

WisBusiness.com Marquette University has a new business school dean. Linda M. Salchenberger, associate dean of academics in Northwestern University’s School of Continuing Studies, has been named the Keyes Dean of Marquette’s College of Business Administration and the Graduate School of Management, Interim Provost David Shrock announced today. She is the first female dean of the college and the...

Employees e-wasting no time to help the environment   Madison, Wis., June 4, 2008 – While Earth Day has passed, taking responsibility for the environment never stops. Two-million tons of electronic equipment was thrown out in 2007 in the United States. A majority of that e-waste was improperly tossed into landfills.   To help cut down on e-waste in landfills, TDS is holding...

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis., June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- "Beyond the Open Well" (published by AuthorHouse -- http://www.authorhouse.com/) by Jean M. Hebert is the true, compelling story of two sisters and the heartbreaking abuse they were forced to endure growing up in Wisconsin during the 1940s. A high school classmate, Hebert has written a detailed, comprehensive account of Shirley and Sharon...

MILWAUKEE, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Briggs & Stratton Corporation (NYSE:BGG) Briggs & Stratton Corporation today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Victa Lawncare Pty. Ltd. of Sydney, Australia from GUD Holdings Limited for a total consideration of $22 million in cash, subject to adjustments. Briggs & Stratton's subsidiary Briggs & Stratton Australia Pty. Limited is...

Activity planned to help kick off the 'Les Paul's House of Sound' exhibit and M&I's Summerfest sponsorship MILWAUKEE, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In conjunction with Marshall & Ilsley Corporation's sponsorship of the M&I Classic Rock Stage at Summerfest, the world's largest music festival, M&I is inviting musicians and Les Paul enthusiasts nationwide to take part in a video tribute...

SILVER SPRING, Md., June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Planet Green, the 24-hour eco lifestyle and entertainment channel, and five Major League Baseball teams are hosting special "get your green on" events from coast to coast in honor of the network debut on June 4. Teams will "greenify" fans in the following cities: Milwaukee, Oakland, San Diego, San Francisco, and Washington...

MILWAUKEE, June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Ethisphere Institute (http://ethisphere.com/) named Manpower Inc. to Ethisphere's second-annual World's Most Ethical Companies list. Ethisphere, a think-tank dedicated to the research and promotion of profitable best practices in global governance, business ethics, compliance and corporate responsibility, revealed the award at the Ethisphere and Forbes joint-conference, "Driving Profit through Ethical Leadership," on June 3rd....

MADISON, Wis., June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonic Foundry, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOFO) , the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, is pleased to announce that Villanova University's College of Engineering has been recognized with a Learning Impact Leadership Award by the IMS Global Learning Consortium for its lecture capture program via Mediasite. The Learning Impact Awards (LIAs)...