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WisBusiness.com Gov. Jim Doyle today urged the U.S. Department of Commerce to protect jobs in Wisconsin by stopping the importation of artificially low-priced lightweight thermal paper used for ATM receipts and other applications. Doyle wrote to Commerce on behalf of Appleton Papers, the largest domestic manufacturer of lightweight thermal paper. It has major operations in Wisconsin. ...

MADISON – Wisconsin’s largest farm organization supports bringing back an October antlerless deer hunt to maintain the state’s deer herd.   The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation testified at a state Natural Resources Board hearing today in favor of a deer hunting season schedule that renews the October hunt.   “The results are clear,” said Paul Zimmerman, WFBF’s executive director of public affairs....

MADISON - For Ahna Skop, the tipping point to a career in science was a dance and a food fight.As a Syracuse University undergraduate, Skop attended her first "worm meeting," a scientific gathering of researchers who use the soil roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans as their model. Typically, such gatherings are a place for serious science, dense presentations and sober exchanges...

MILWAUKEE, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- A 100-year-old warehouse in downtown Milwaukee will open in July as the industry's first modern luxury boutique hotel geared toward business travelers and the growing segment of motorcycle enthusiasts. A flavor of what guests can expect to experience at The Iron Horse Hotel is captured on the hotel's new website: http://www.theironhorsehotel.com/. The vintage modern chic...

MADISON - Stan Rose, president and CEO of Roche NimbleGen, a manufacturer of gene chips for pharmaceutical research, will speak about successful exit strategies for start-up companies on Monday, April 28 at 5 p.m. at the Fluno Center, 601 University Avenue. The event is free and open to the public as part of the Gilson Discovery Series hosted by...

MADISON - How we think about a disaster stems from the origin of the word itself: "Disastro" is the Latin word meaning "from the stars." Yet the idea that a disaster is an uncontrollable, divine event is something Don Schramm does not accept.Director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Disaster Management Center (DMC) and a faculty associate in the Department...

MADISON - The joyous, colorful, energetic and out-of-this-world spectacle of the circus can't help but capture an artist's imagination. That exuberance will take center ring in the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Chazen Museum of Art when it presents two circus-themed exhibitions: "Ringmaster: Judy Onofrio and the Art of the Circus," and "Harry A. Atwell, Circus Photographer." Both exhibitions will be...

Myers will be the exclusive distributor of the Consumer Market Update MILWAUKEE, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Myers Internet, Inc., today announced a partnership with Mortgage Market Guide (MMG). Myers Internet will provide to its mortgage clients a daily and monthly Consumer Market Update published by MMG. The Consumer Market Update will be available only on Myers Internet. It's designed...

Multifaceted partnership pairs one of the finest mixed martial arts fighters with the 'Fine Malt Liquor' MILWAUKEE, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Mickey's has been a powerful brand in the world of mixed martial arts (MMA) over the past two years, and the "Fine Malt Liquor" has scored a knockout with its signing of one of the sport's biggest stars:...