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An expert on using market approaches to spark environmental improvementwill speak in Madison next week. Terry Anderson, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, will speak on"Water, Water Everywhere, But Not a Drop to Sell," at 4 p.m. on Tuesday,Feb. 19, at the Pyle Center on the UW-Madison campus, 702 Langdon St. Anderson said his lecture will focus on how water...

Can China and India keep up their explosive growth? And what does itmean if they do?An international trade expert from Cornell University will address thoseissues in a free, public lecture on Monday, Feb. 18, on the UW-Madisoncampus."Are China's and India's Growth Miracles Built to Last" will be thetopic by Eswar Prasad, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pyle Center, 702...

$50 Million Investment Will Retain Jobs and Increase Energy Efficiency GREEN BAY – Governor Jim Doyle today announced that Georgia-Pacific is investing $50 million to create a state-of-the-art recycling system that will retain high-paying, high-quality jobs in Wisconsin and greatly improve energy efficiency.   “Georgia-Pacific has been a national leader in recycling for more than 70 years, starting in the 1930s when...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) will hold a conference call tomorrow Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. EST/10:00 a.m. CST to discuss new legislation that will help small businesses offer savings plans to their employees.  Currently, many small businesses do not offer a 401(k) or similar retirement savings plan because of the complexity, cost, and...

Madison, Wis. (February 12, 2008) – Edgewood College now offers a wide variety of executive education seminars to the business community of South Central Wisconsin.   “Executive education has become an increasingly important factor for achieving and sustaining success, both for businesses and individuals,” says Scott Campbell, Dean of the School of Graduate and Professional Studies at Edgewood College. “Our...

HR Initiative Calls for Federal Action on Employment Verification WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Human Resource Initiative for a Legal Workforce today urged Wisconsin state legislators to reject A.B. 712 and S.B. 404, two of a series of immigration reform bills pending before the Wisconsin Legislature that would punish employers for not responding within 30 days to the...

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As a special thank you to its loyal customers for their continued support, Midwest Airlines is offering sale fares for travel February 22 through June 11, 2008. Purchase Tuesday, February 12 through midnight, Central time, on Friday, February 15 and at least 10 days in advance of travel. Sale fares are available to and from...

NFIB members back healthcare cost transparency and tax fairness for HSAs Madison, Feb. 12, 2008 – The National Federation of Independent Business, the state’s leading small business organization, has released the results of a 2008 Member Ballot that indicates small business supports legislation that requires greater price disclosure for medical procedures. The survey also showed small business owners strongly...

Wright's Own Homes Are Part of a Serial Nomination of 10 Private and Public Buildings Designed by Wright SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- TALIESIN WEST -- Taliesin and Taliesin West, the homes and studios that world-renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright constructed in Spring Green, Wis., and Scottsdale, respectively, for his personal use, are one step closer to attaining...

$50 Million Investment Will Retain Jobs and Increase Energy Efficiency GREEN BAY – Governor Jim Doyle today announced that Georgia-Pacific is investing $50 million to create a state-of-the-art recycling system that will retain high-paying, high-quality jobs in Wisconsin and greatly improve energy efficiency.   “Georgia-Pacific has been a national leader in recycling for more than 70 years, starting in the 1930s when...

MADISON - A catheterized system to sense bladder pressure and control urine flow to prevent incontinence won the $10,000 top prize in the Schoofs Prize for Creativity, an annual University of Wisconsin-Madison invention competition.The competition rewards innovative ideas for marketable products. Dubbed ActiveCath, the winning device was developed by biomedical engineering students Arin Ellingson, Marty Grasse, Ben Schoepke, Jon...

MADISON - The University of Wisconsin-Madison has a long tradition of collaboration among scholars from distinct academic disciplines. This legacy continues in the high-quality research, instruction, and service emerging from the university's 290 interdisciplinary departments, centers and institutes.Today, the rapidly increasing pace of discovery has created new challenges and opportunities for cooperative efforts on and off campus. An upcoming...