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By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com Wisconsin will soon have new travel brand, just not quite yet. Speaking Tuesday night at the state’s annual Tourism Conference in Lake Geneva, Gov. Jim Doyle unveiled the state’s "brand platform,” from which a new slogan will be distilled and used to attract everyone from tourists to investors. Doyle said the platform celebrates not only the...

By Rebecca Kontowicz WisBusiness.com MILWAUKEE - While many teens can be found in front of a television mastering Guitar Hero on PlayStation after school, parents of students in St. Thomas More High School's engineering program beam with pride as their enthusiastic students head straight to their computers to work on Engineering Design homework. Each day, students like 17-year-old...

WisBusiness.com Wisconsin’s unemployment rate moved up in January, with the unadjusted jobless figure increasing to 5.5 percent, a gain of 0.9 percent over December. The state unemployment rate was slightly above the federal figure of 5.4 percent. Last month, the Wisconsin unemployment rate trailed the national rate by 0.2 percent. Department of Workforce Development Secretary Roberta Gassman called the...

WisBusiness.com Wisconsin foreclosure filings continue at escalated levels, according to newly released data compiled by ForeclosuresWI.com. Badger State foreclosures in February totalled 2,800 and were up 34 percent over the same month in 2007, the company said. They have increased 70 percent over the last three years, rising from 12,311 in 2005 to 20,995...

MILWAUKEE, WI, March 5, 2008 (foreclosureswi.com) – Wisconsin foreclosure filings continue at escalated levels, according to newly released data compiled by ForeclosuresWI.com, a leading provider of Wisconsin foreclosure resources and statistics.   Wisconsin foreclosures spiked 70% over the last three years (from 12,311 in 2005 to 20,995 in 2007), with the first two months of 2008 showing no sign of...

Announcement Caps Governor’s Conference on Tourism in Lake Geneva   LAKE GENEVA – Governor Jim Doyle tonight unveiled the Wisconsin Department of Tourism’s new brand platform, which celebrates the state’s culture of original thinkers.   “The new brand platform captures the people of Wisconsin and their legacy of originality, innovation, pride and passion,” Governor Doyle said. “Whether it’s Georgia O’Keeffe or Aldo...

TMate(TM) Search Technology RIVER FALLS, Wis., March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Sajan, the leader in on-demand language translation technology and services, has announced the release of their innovative new search and match engine, TMate(TM) Search Technology. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080109/AQW007LOGO) Specifically designed to enhance and extend all previous translation memory technology approaches and deliver unparalleled performance, TMate(TM) Search technology is an advanced search and...

MILWAUKEE, March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wisconsin Energy Corporation has been named one of the 15 best corporate citizens in the United States according to Corporate Responsibility Officer (CRO) magazine's annual ranking of the '100 Best Corporate Citizens.' To produce the list, CRO evaluates approximately 1,100 publicly held companies in the areas of employee relations, environment, financial performance, governance practices, human...

Survey Measures Employment Optimism Among Local Finance Executives MILWAUKEE, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The hiring of full-time accounting and finance professionals in the Milwaukee area is expected to increase in the second quarter of 2008, according to the most recent Robert Half International Financial Hiring Index. Seven percent of chief financial officers (CFOs) surveyed plan to add staff during...