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MADISON, Wis., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alliant Energy Corp. (NYSE:LNT) today announced income and earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations for 2007 of $425.6 million and $3.78, respectively, compared to $338.3 million and $2.89 in 2006. The income from continuing operations in 2007 includes an after-tax gain of $122.7 million, or $1.09 per share, from the sale of...

MILWAUKEE – Roxanne Baumann will discuss strategies for manufacturers to compete and win with U.S. suppliers at the Feb. 7 meeting of the Milwaukee World Trade Association.      Baumann’s presentation will be held at 7 p.m. following dinner and networking at the Radisson Hotel, 2303 N. Mayfair Road, Wauwatosa.  Cost is $25 per person; for more information or to register,...

MADISON - In a culture that has people installing expensive home theaters to watch the latest Hollywood blockbuster in the basement of their suburban starter castle, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Cinematheque might seem a sprocket or two off.At Cinematheque, people gather in 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Ave., on Friday and Saturday nights to watch films that are rarely...

MADISON - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has awarded $2.2 million in grants to six state-provider partnerships through Advancing Recovery: State/Provider Partnerships for Quality Addiction Care, the foundation's initiative to improve the quality of alcohol and drug addiction treatment in the United States by promoting the use of evidence-based practices.Advancing Recovery is co-directed by David Gustafson of the...

EAGAN, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 2008--Northwest Airlines(NYSE: NWA) today announced a January consolidated (mainline andregional) load factor of 79.3 percent, 1.4 points above January 2007.Northwest reported a mainline load factor of 80.5 percent, 1.4 pointsabove January 2007.   In January 2008, Northwest and its Northwest Airlink regionalcarriers flew 6.13 billion consolidated revenue passenger miles (RPMs)and 7.73 billion consolidated available seat miles...

MILWAUKEE, Wis., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Looking for something your Valentine will never forget? A diamond may be forever, but a young wild horse from the West will never be forgotten. The Saturday following Valentines Day, February 16, 2008, the Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States (BLM-ES) will offer approximately 70 wild horses ranging from yearling to 5 years old,...

MADISON, Wis., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE:LNT) has scheduled its fourth quarter and annual 2007 earnings release for Wednesday, February 6, before the stock market opens. A conference call to review the fourth quarter results is scheduled for the same day at 9:00 a.m. CT. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020405/LNTLOGO) Alliant Energy will webcast the event live at http://www.alliantenergy.com/investors. The call...

MADISON, Wis., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ:WOLF) , North America's leading family of indoor waterpark resorts, today announced that the company will release fourth-quarter 2007 financial results on Wednesday, February 20, 2008, before the market opens. The company will hold a conference call at 10 a.m. ET on that day to discuss its results. The conference...

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls will webcast its management presentation at the Lehman Brothers Industrial Select Conference in Miami, Florida on Wednesday, February 13, 2008. The webcast begins at 2:45 p.m. Eastern time. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070930/AQSU001LOGO) To access the listen-only audio webcast, visit the Johnson Controls Web site at http://www.johnsoncontrols.com/ and click on the webcast link. A replay of the webcast...

Punch Lines Already Rolling in for 2008 Joke-telling Contest. MILWAUKEE, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- From a long list of some of the world's most formidable joke-tellers, one was left standing in the global battle to be recognized as the world's greatest joke teller. ComicWonder.com recently announced that Chris "Captainhilariousness" Cashman of Seattle tallied the most laughs in the first...

Quarterly Sales Increase 29.5% to a Record $474.7 million - 2007 Acquisitions on Plan - 2007 Net Sales, Net Income and EPS Reach Record Levels - Board of Directors Approves Additional 1 Million Share Buyback Authorization BELOIT, Wis., Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Regal Beloit Corporation (NYSE:RBC) today reported sales and earnings for the fourth quarter ended December 29, 2007....

CUDAHY, Wis., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ladish Co., Inc. (NASDAQ:LDSH) (www.ladishco.com) today reported 2007 net income was $32.3 million, or $2.22 of diluted earnings per share, on sales of $424.6 million. During the fourth quarter of 2007 the Company had diluted earnings per share of $0.64 in comparison to $0.42 in the fourth quarter of 2006. Ladish will host a...

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- On February 15, 16 and 17, 2008, global opera star and Grammy Award winner Mark S. Doss will take the stage as Jochanaan (John the Baptist) in Florentine Opera's Salome. Last season, Mr. Doss performed this same role at Milan's legendary Teatro alla Scala (La Scala), where he has been welcomed for five different...