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Included on FTSE4Good Index Series for Fifth Consecutive Year MILWAUKEE, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls, a Fortune 100 company that creates smart environments for vehicles, homes and workplaces, today announced its inclusion on the 2008 FTSE4Good Index Series. This is the fifth time the company has earned this recognition. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070930/AQSU001LOGO) The FTSE4Good Index Series is calculated by the global...

Energy management offerings to address climate change while growing the global business MILWAUKEE, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls, Inc., the global leader in creating smart and sustainable environments, has acquired PWI Energy, an independent global provider of energy and greenhouse gas management services, based in Philadelphia. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070930/AQSU001LOGO) The acquisition is part of...

$25,000 Grand Prize; Four Categories to Enter, Reflecting How America Really Eats GREENDALE, Wis., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Taste of Home, the world's largest cooking magazine, celebrates the joy and comfort home cooks receive from cooking, caring, and sharing, making it America's Recipe Box. Now, one of those recipes could strike gold in the magazine's biggest contest ever: America's...

MILWAUKEE, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Heart Association / American Stroke Association are recognizing Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center for its performance in treating cardiac and stroke patients. Aurora St. Luke's is one of only 26 hospitals to receive Triple Gold recognition. Criteria used to identify this recognition were based on the association's Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) program....

MILWAUKEE, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) and Johnson Controls, a global leader in creating smart and sustainable environments, announced new research on energy efficiency in healthcare. The results give the healthcare industry reason to celebrate. Not only do healthcare executives place a higher priority on energy efficiency than executives in other industries, they...

MILWAUKEE, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Historically a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer has been a virtual death sentence. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Each year approximately 33,000 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and 32,000 will die from the disease. There are very few early detection methods for this killer,...

To ease academic stress, students approve using their technology fees to purchase the Mediasite lecture capture platform MADISON, Wis., July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sonic Foundry, Inc. (NASDAQ:SOFO) , the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, today announced an overwhelming student vote for Mediasite will put the webcasting platform in University of Wyoming lecture halls this...

Donating $265,000 to service organizations nationwide MILWAUKEE, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The Northwestern Mutual Foundation announced today that they are donating $265,000 to 25 non-profit organizations across the U.S. through its national Community Service Award program. The annual competition, open to more than 9,000 representatives of the Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, recognizes exemplary volunteer involvement and dedication to charitable...

MADISON - What does the genetics of blood cells have to do with brain cells related to Parkinson's disease? From an unusual collaboration of neurologists and a pharmacologist comes the surprising answer: Genetic mechanisms at play in blood cells also control a gene and protein that cause Parkinson's disease. The finding, by scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School...

Fight over Power Plant Intensifies Madison, Wis. – The fight over Alliant Energy’s proposed coal plant in Cassville intensified today when Clean Wisconsin, the state’s largest environmental organization, launched an advertising campaign highlighting the economic and environmental concerns with the plant in response to a series of Alliant advertisements pushing the proposal. “The coal plant Alliant wants to build...

Special care must be taken during hot summer days Playgrounds are a compelling and fun attraction for children of all ages and offer the chance to explore and develop physical, emotional, social and intellectual skills. However, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, each year over 200,000 children are injured seriously enough on America’s playgrounds—both on home and public...

By Brian E. Clark RISING Cranberry industry A coalition of cranberry producers and processors is pushing a plan to expand cranberry acreage in Wisconsin that could add 1,115 jobs to the state and have an annual economic impact of $75 million. The group is seeking fast-track approval from the state for permits that would allow growers to increase the number of acres of the crop grown...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- About $8 million in grants the state gave to General Motors to boost worker training at its Janesville plant were tied to employment numbers the corporation has failed to maintain, which could give the state an opening to recoup the money, according to documents the state released through an open records request. The Department of...