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Grand prize winner to bring home $10,000 and equipment to maintain their baseball field MILWAUKEE, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Playing baseball builds self-confidence in youth and teaches them the value of hard work. Briggs & Stratton Corporation, the leading manufacturer of gasoline engines for outdoor power equipment, is celebrating its 100th anniversary by teaming with baseball great Tino Martinez...

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Institutional Investor Magazine has recognized Johnson Controls as America's Most Shareholder-Friendly Company in the category of consumer -- autos and auto parts. This is the second consecutive year Johnson Controls has received the award. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070930/AQSU001LOGO) "This is truly a prestigious honor," said Steve Roell, Chairman and CEO, Johnson Controls. "Receiving this award again this year...

Largest Mall in Mumbai, India to Benefit from Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit Program MILWAUKEE, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- K Raheja Corp, one of the largest developers in the realty and construction industry in India, has signed the first ever Project Development Agreement (PDA) under the Clinton Climate Initiative's (CCI) Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit Program. Under the agreement, Johnson Controls...

MADISON - The Wisconsin Union at the University of Wisconsin-Madison announces a "mini conference" to formally kick off the start the Wisconsin Union Initiative, the project to build a new "green" south campus union and restore and upgrade Memorial Union. Students, faculty, staff, Union members and the community are invited to attend the free event. The conference will be...

MADISON – The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) will hold a rescheduled public outreach meeting in Madison regarding an application from American Transmission Company (ATC) to build between 32 and 55 miles of new transmission line and related facilities in Dane County. Early this month, the PSC cancelled the public meeting due to inclement weather. In 2007, ATC filed an application with the...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- With a few minor tweaks, the Governor’s Global Warming Task Force unanimously approved an interim report Tuesday that asks the state Public Service Commission to change the way it regulates electric utilities to promote conservation and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The document, which says Wisconsin should try to reduce electric load by 2 percent and...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com SUN PRAIRIE – With a few minor tweaks, the Governor’s Global Warming Task Force unanimously approved an interim report today that asks the state Public Service Commission to change the way it regulates electric utilities to promote conservation and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The report, which says Wisconsin should try to reduce its electric load...