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MILWAUKEE, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ZBB Energy Corporation (AMEX:ZBB) announced today that, as part of its previously announced contract with the Future House USA Project at the Beijing Olympics, it has shipped its ZESS 50(TM) unit to Beijing for inclusion in the FHUSA project. This ZESS 50(TM) fuel cell zinc energy storage system has been chosen to provide the key...

Turbines to provide 500 megawatts of total installed capacity for company's wind projects CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alliant Energy Corporate Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE:LNT) entered into a master supply agreement (MSA) with Vestas-American Wind Technology, Inc. (Vestas) effective June 1, 2008. The agreement provides Alliant Energy's wholly owned utility subsidiaries,...

Survey Finds Local Projection Above National Results MILWAUKEE, June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- A net 2 percent of chief financial officers (CFOs) in the Milwaukee area expect to add accounting and finance staff in the third quarter of 2008, according to the most recent Robert Half International Financial Hiring Index. Four percent of executives surveyed plan to add staff during...

Latest Version Features Complete Microsoft Office and Email Integration MILWAUKEE, June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- PKWARE(R), the leading provider of data-centric security solutions, today announced the release of SecureZIP(R) for Windows(R) Desktop, version 12.1. This latest version revolutionizes public key cryptography by making it available to and easily used by businesses and consumers, novices or power users. The new SecureZIP...

Parent Company Puts Channel on Strategic Path to be the Leading Outdoor Network NEW BERLIN, Wis., June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sportsman Channel announced today new launches on several Comcast systems including Twin Cities, MN; Richmond, VA; central Pennsylvania; Independence, MO; Kokomo, IN; Olathe, KS; Redhouse, WV; Western WI; and the Chico, Grass Valley, Yuba City and Oroville systems...

By Brian E. Clark RISING BIO 2008 Wisconsin will send around 120 people and spend at least $250,000 to show off the Badger State's biotech prowess during this year's BIO 2008 International Convention, which runs from June 17-20 in San Diego. More than 55 companies, plus UW-Madison and other entities will be represented at the 1,600-square-foot Wisconsin Pavilion. Gov. Jim Doyle will lead the delegation and...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- General Motors announced this morning that it plans to close its Janesville assembly plant and three other facilities by the end of 2010. Company officials said that that it will close four truck and sport utility vehicle plants in the United States, Canada and Mexico as surging fuel prices hasten a dramatic shift...

More than 500 TDS employees volunteered over 6,000 hours in 2007.   Today, the United Way 2008 Community Volunteer Business Award was presented to TDS Telecommunications Corp.   United Way President Leslie Ann Howard presented the prestigious award to TDS President and CEO Dave Wittwer on June 2, at the TDS headquarters on Junction Road in Madison. TDS employees joined in...

Oshkosh exec touts doing business in the New North   NEW NORTH, June 2, 2008 – In an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that appeared in Monday’s edition, Oshkosh Corp. chairman and CEO Robert Bohn touted his company’s success and the ability of the manufacturing industry to thrive in Wisconsin and the New North.   When asked what the “toughest part of...