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PEWAUKEE, Wis., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Wisconsin credit unions support draft legislation introduced by State Rep. Brett Davis (R-Oregon) and State Sen. Bob Wirch (D-Pleasant Prairie) that would keep safer personal information stored on credit and debit cards. "Due to recent breaches of consumers' personal information involving payment cards, legislators and consumers have a heightened awareness of the extremely important...

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Paul Jones, chairman and chief executive officer of A. O. Smith Corporation (NYSE:AOS) will address attendees during the 18th annual Pump, Valve & Motor Symposium on Feb. 7 at The Grand Hyatt New York, 109 East 42nd St. A. O. Smith Corporation, with 2007 sales of $2.3 billion, is a global leader applying innovative technology...

DODGEVILLE, Wis., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the American Red Cross' tips on staying safe in cold weather, in addition to dressing in warm layers, staying dry is important to avoiding emergencies such as hypothermia and frost bite this winter season. Lands' End (http://www.landsend.com/outerwear) is releasing five easy tips for protecting against the sub-zero temperatures and preventing wintertime...

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 28, 2008 – Baird, an employee-owned international financial services firm, today announced that the firm received top honors from key trade publications for its investment banking work in 2007.  Baird Investment Banking was named “Manufacturing Adviser of the Year” by Acquisitions Monthly, a U.K.-based publication of Thomson Financial, and won two manufacturing deal awards – “U.S. Middle...

WHITEWATER ­ The heart of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus hasa beat once again with the opening of the new James R. Connor UniversityCenter.³The campus community has been without its central gathering place for thelast year-and-a-half, and I commend the students for their adjustmentsduring this time,² said Steve Summers, deputy assistant chancellor ofStudent Affairs. ³Having the UC open again...

USING DNA, SCIENTISTS HUNT FOR THE ROOTS OF THE MODERN POTATOMADISON -More than 99 percent of all modern potato varieties planted today are the direct descendents of varieties that once grew in the lowlands of south-central Chile. How Chilean germplasm came to dominate the modern potato-which spread worldwide from Europe-has been the subject of a long, contentious debate among...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com It’s been a brutal month for Wisconsin’s publicly traded companies. Overall, according to a report from the Robert W. Baird Co., they have lost approximately 13 percent of their value during January and performed worse than the Russell 2000 (-10.11 percent); NASDAQ Composite Index (-12.29 percent); and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (-9.38 percent.) Todd Parrish,...

By Tom Burzinski I went to work for the technology services firm, Electronic Data Systems (EDS), in 1980 for three reasons: 1) they offered to pay me about twice what I was making as a computer programmer for the State of Wisconsin, 2) they promised that I would have an opportunity to work on leading edge IT projects around...

By Gregg Hoffmann When the topic of poverty come up in Wisconsin, urban Milwaukee usually gets the most attention. Indeed, Milwaukee County ranks second in poverty levels among the 72 counties in the state, right behind Menominee County. But, poverty can become almost hidden among the valleys and on the ridge tops of Western Wisconsin. Rural poverty seldom is as...