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By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com MADISON – For a doctor, Craig Samitt has a rather bleak view of health care in the United States. “The industry is broken… and needs to be transformed,” said Samitt, who has been CEO of the 500-physician Dean Health System for nearly 18 months. His aim is to shake up the delivery of medicine while...

CHICAGO, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On Wednesday, February 20, at 10:30 a.m. CST, the executive management of Integrys Energy Group, Inc. (NYSE:TEG) , will host a conference call to review 2007 fourth quarter and full-year financial results, as well as prospects for 2008. The associated earnings release will be issued after market close on February 19. A packet of...

FORT BELVOIR, Va., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Weinbrenner Shoe Company Inc. of Merrill was among the award recipients when the Defense Logistics Agency honored 23 industry partners, customers and individuals Feb. 12 with its Business Alliance Awards. Weinbrenner received the Outstanding Readiness Support Award in the historically underutilized business (HUB) zone, small business category. The award recognizes large, small, small...

GREEN BAY, Wis., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, a subsidiary of Integrys Energy Group (NYSE:TEG) , today filed a request with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to increase electric rates about 90 cents per month for typical residential customers due to much higher than expected fuel costs to generate or purchase electricity. "Our costs were significantly...

PEWAUKEE, Wis., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To avoid exposure to identity theft when registering to vote, use something other than your credit union account statement as proof of identification. That's the advice of the Wisconsin Credit Union League, the trade association in Pewaukee that represents 260 not-for-profit, member-owned financial institutions in the state. The League says that while using a...

MADISON, Wis., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quarterly dividends on preferred stock have been declared by the Board of Directors of Alliant Energy Corporation's (NYSE:LNT) utility subsidiaries. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020405/LNTLOGO) Wisconsin Power and Light Company Preferred Stock Dividends The Board of Directors of Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL) has declared dividends for its preferred stock shareowners of record...

UW Extension Outreach Specialist Greg Lawless will head sector-based work February 11, 2008 (Madison, WI) – Thrive, a not-for-profit entity serving the eight-county Madison Region*, is pleased to announce the appointment of Director of Agriculture Initiatives, Greg Lawless. Greg earned a BA in Political Science at the University of Illinois in 1989 and an MS in Land Resources at...

NOTE: The news summary sent earlier this morning inadvertently included content from the Tuesday edition. The summary below has today's content. From WisBusiness.com ... -- For a doctor, Craig Samitt has a rather bleak view of health care delivery in the United States. “The industry is broken … and needs to be transformed,” said Samitt, who has been CEO of the...

Speech for “Coping with Climate Change” conference There’s a calamity on the horizon. All the evidence points to it. There’s a growing consensus, and we all better get ready to do something about it. The future is bleak. Billions of dollars will be lost, lives will be affected. Do my words alarm you? They should, because I’m talking about a major threat...