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From WisBusiness.com ... -- After 30 years in the IT business (the last six with IBM), Sharon Kaminecki decided to hang up her pocket protector and pursue her passion – bicycling. “I knew there had to be something more,” said Kaminecki, 56. “And I really wanted to do something different,” added the Chicago native, who opened the Earth...

By Ali Schultz WisBusiness.com As society looks for ways to produce more energy with a smaller environmental footprint, recovering energy from existing dams may provide a solution that actually holds water. Steinbine Development LLC of Watertown, Wis., has developed the Steinbine Systems “New Hydro,” which is an impulse turbine that can provide renewable energy and green power in...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com Wisconsin's peripatetic governor, who visited Great Britain and Ireland on a business trip last month, is headed for the subcontinent. Speaking at the Wisconsin International Trade Conference in Milwaukee today, Gov. Jim Doyle said he will lead a trade mission to India sometime in November. Doyle said while exports grew a healthy 11 percent...

KCRG receives over 22 million pageviews in February Google Search engine placement drives value for advertisersMadison, WI May 13 2008 – Broadcast Interactive Media, the leading provider of locally-focused website and revenue solutions for more than 130 local media clients, notes record traffic and local revenue to station websites. BIM powers groups such as Fisher Communications, Journal Broadcasting Group, Granite...

Wisconsin students could win scholarships and a two-day, all-expenses paid visit to the nation’s capital courtesy of Charles Schwab Foundation   (Madison) Wisconsin high school students are eligible to enter the 2008 National Financial Literacy Challenge but have only until May 16 to complete the online test.    Information about the test is available at: http://flc.treas.gov/teacher.    “I urge all Wisconsin students to...

Clout-Heavy Dean Foods Kills USDA Investigation of Their Horizon LabelCORNUCOPIA, WI:  After a three-and-a-half year battle with Dean Foods  regarding the legality of milk it labels as Horizon Organic, the  country's most aggressive organic industry watchdog filed additional  legal actions today.  Dean, the nation's largest dairy processor,  with nearly $12 billion in sales and controlling 50 different milk  brands,...

BROOKFIELD, Wisconsin, May 13/PRNewswire/ -- NetEconomy, the global leader in financial crime management and compliance solutions and a business unit of Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), today announced that IBS Publishing has ranked NetEconomy as the top-selling provider of global anti-money laundering (AML) solutions. IBS determined the ranking by analyzing the AML market for the number of new name wins...

APPLETON, Wis., May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Appleton's net sales from continuing operations for first quarter ended March 30, 2008, increased 1.6 percent to $236.2 million compared to net sales from continuing operations of $232.4 million for the same quarter of 2007. Appleton reported net income from continuing operations of $21.4 million for first quarter 2008 compared to net income...

MADISON, Wis., May 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. (the "Company") announced today that the Company and Hovde Capital Advisors LLC ("HCA") have reached an agreement (the "Agreement") under which Eric D. Hovde and Richard T. Murray III will be added to the Board of Directors of the Company. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company has agreed to...

UNLEASH 2008 attracts participants from around the globe MADISON, Wis., May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonic Foundry, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOFO) , the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, today opened UNLEASH 2008, the annual Mediasite User Conference. In just its second year UNLEASH 2008 has attracted nearly 200 attendees from 30 states and seven countries, and become...