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MILWAUKEE, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of Wisconsin Energy Corporation (NYSE:WEC) today declared a quarterly dividend of 27 cents a share on the company's common stock -- an increase of 2 cents a share or 8 percent. The dividend is payable March 1, 2008, to stockholders of record on Feb. 14, 2008. "This marks the fifth consecutive year...

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- STRATTEC SECURITY CORPORATION (NASDAQ:STRT) today reported operating results for the fiscal second quarter ended December 30, 2007. Net sales for the Company's second quarter ended December 30, 2007 were $39.9 million, compared to net sales of $37.9 million for the second quarter ended December 31, 2006. Net income for the period was $1.3 million, compared...

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Briggs & Stratton Corporation (NYSE:BGG) In the Briggs & Stratton Quarterly earnings announcement earlier today, the Company indicated that operationally, the six month results improved from the same period a year ago as the benefits of increased sales and lower manufacturing costs were greater than the higher expenses associated with operations startup, a plant...

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Briggs & Stratton Corporation (NYSE:BGG) Briggs & Stratton today announced second quarter fiscal 2008 consolidated net sales of $478.8 million and consolidated net income of $5.4 million or $.11 per diluted share. The second quarter of fiscal 2007 had consolidated net sales of $423.1 million and a consolidated net loss of $4.4 million or...

Regional and state unemployment rates were generally higher in December.All 4 regions and 46 states and the District of Columbia recorded over-the-month unemployment rate increases, while 2 states registered decreases and2 states had no change in their rates, the Bureau of Labor Statistics ofthe U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Over the year, jobless rateswere up in 36 states,...

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE:JCI) today reported record sales and income from continuing operations for the first quarter of fiscal 2008, with diluted earnings per share from continuing operations increasing 39% to $0.39 from $0.28 last year (adjusted for a 3-for-1 stock split effective October 2, 2007). The company also reconfirmed its October earnings guidance...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc., (NASDAQ: CZWI), the holding company for Citizens Community Federal, today announced a quarterly dividend of 5 cents per share. The cash dividend is payable on or about February 14, 2008, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on January 31, 2008. This is the 14th quarterly dividend paid since...

MANITOWOC, Wis.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tower Tech Holdings Inc. (OTC: TWRT) announced today the hiring of Paul Smith as Management Consultant to Tower Tech Systems, Inc. “We are very excited to bring Mr. Smith’s experience and expertise to Tower Tech Systems,” said Mr. Ray Brickner, President of Tower Tech Systems. “Mr. Smith has been engaged to advise our organization on operations production,...

MADISON - Governor Jim Doyle formally recognized the promotion of Mark Anderson to general officer rank by pinning him with the rank of brigadier general in a ceremony at the State Capitol today.  Anderson, of Wisconsin Rapids, currently commands the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team and will assume command of the entire Wisconsin Army National Guard as deputy adjutant...

Governor Jim Doyle announced today Wisconsin has received $17.9 million in Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Funds.  This is in addition to the $69.7 million received last fall.   “I have made funding for LIHEAP one of my federal priorities every year since I took office,” Governor Doyle said. “These additional funds will be used to assist 150,000 low...

WisBusiness: Mark Bugher, director of Madison's University Research Park, is the new board chairman for the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce. He will serve in that post through December 2009. Bugher, who headed the state departments of Revenue and Administration under former Gov. Tommy Thompson, is a longtime business and community leader who has led the 515-acre University Research...

By Jamie Jergenson WisBusiness.com KAUKAUNA -- A Kaukauna company is hoping to become number one – in the number two business. In what may be the ultimate in recycling, Skill Associates is helping farmers turn their animal waste into green energy. The company was formed in 2003 in response to the Environmental Protections Agency’s new animal waste policies...

WisBusiness.com A protest against a Logistics Health Inc. (LHI) bid with the Department of Defense has been dismissed by the federal government. The U.S. Government Accountability Office dismissed the bid protest last week. La Crosse-based LHI has received a $790 million contract for services to the DOD. Losing bidders had filed the protest, claiming LHI had an unfair advantage in...