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WASHINGTON, March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Steelworkers (USW) welcomed the U.S. Department of Commerce's decision announced yesterday to impose preliminary countervailing duties on government subsidized imports of lightweight thermal paper (LWTP) from China in a trade case filed by Appleton Papers, Inc. that could affect 1,780 paper workers in Wisconsin, Ohio and Pennsylvania. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080131/DC12982LOGO ) USW President Leo W....

LAS VEGAS, March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (NYSE:MTW) today announced at ConExpo 2008 that it has formed a joint venture with the shareholders of TaiAn Dongyue Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. for the production of mobile and truck-mounted hydraulic cranes. The joint venture is located in TaiAn City, Shandong Province, China, approximately 300 miles south of Beijing....

MADISON -- Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle announced today that Madison will host the World Stem Cell Summit on September 22 - 23, 2008, bringing together premier researchers, advocates, investors, and other industry leaders to advance stem cell research and the promising technologies that will save lives.  “Embryonic stem cell research holds the potential to cure some of the world’s...

One of the world’s most influential stem cell gatherings is coming to Madison- the genesis for stem cell research.     The World Stem Cell Summit is the preeminent gathering for the entire global stem cell community with the shared mission to advance stem cell research from the laboratory to lifesaving treatments. The World Stem Cell Summit was created by...

/Energy efficiency, wind, and biofuels are highlighted industries./MADISON, Wis. (March 12, 2008) - A new "green jobs" report, /Greener Pathways: Jobs and Workforce Development in the Clean Energy Economy, /was released today by the Madison based Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) in collaboration with the Workforce Alliance and the Apollo Alliance. The report includes an action plan for state...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com The nation may be headed toward a recession, but for many rural and inner city Wisconsin communities, it’s already here – and then some. That’s why Madison’s Edgewood College may soon launch a new degree program to focus on rural and urban economic development, Business School Dean Charles Taylor said Tuesday at a luncheon...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- Mark Bugher, director of Madison's University Research Park, announced this morning that construction will start in May or June on a 67,000-square-foot “accelerator” building that will cost between $6 million and $8 million. Bugher said tenants will include young companies that need more space and are moving from the MGE Innovation Center. He said...

WisBusiness.com Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) officials are praising a United States Patent and Trademark Office decision announced today upholding WARF’s claims on the non-profit foundation’s two most important base human embryonic stem cell patents. The decisions are final and cannot be appealed. These actions mark the second time in two weeks that the patent office has supported the...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – Wall Street is wobbly, credit markets are imploding and two firms with deep Wisconsin ties have been battered by problems in the mortgage and the bond insurance arenas. But neither MGIC Investment Corp., the Milwaukee-based mortgage insurance company, nor New York-based Ambac, which was founded in Milwaukee and sells financial guarantee insurance,...