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MILWAUKEE, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Directors of A. O. Smith Corporation (NYSE:AOS) today announced a 5.5 percent increase in the company's quarterly cash dividend to a rate of $.19 per share. The increased dividend will apply to both Common Stock and Class A Common Stock and is payable on Aug. 15 to shareholders of record July 31. This is the sixth...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis., July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Renaissance Learning(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:RLRN) , a leading provider of technology to support personalized practice, differentiated instruction, and progress monitoring in reading, math and writing for pre K-12 schools and districts, today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. Revenues for the second quarter of 2008 were $28.0 million, an...

Company Will Construct First-in-Class Facility for Production of Renewable Diesel to be Co-located at Pulp and Paper Mill in Park Falls, WI Project supports Federal Government's goal for developing alternative and renewable transportation fuels produced from cellulosic biomass~ PARK FALLS, Wis., July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Flambeau River BioFuels is pleased to announce that it has received approval of its...

MADISON - In two years, NASA plans to begin the new space program that will send human astronauts to Mars. It won't be easy, and technical issues aren't the only challenges. The U.S. Congress and President George W. Bush want NASA to begin work on the new Constellation Program now. Yet NASA cannot expand its 18,000-member workforce, and its...

Mayor Tom Barrett today released the following statement on the announcement of the new MillerCoors headquarters: "Look, I'm not going to sugar coat this. I wanted it all. I wanted the headquarters and I wanted the expanded brewery. Early on, I made it clear that Milwaukee would do whatever it takes to be the new MillerCoors home city....

In the world of business, there’s a logical connection between budgets and results. In the world of philanthropy, too, the link between money and measurable outcomes is increasingly strong. To a greater extent than ever before, nonprofit foundations want to ensure their gifts and grants are used to the best advantage and they expect a full accounting from the organizations...

By Brian E. Clark RISING Mithridion Mithridion, a Madison start-up company that does drug development, has begun Phase 1 clinical trials on its first drug candidate, MCD-386. The small-molecule compound is designed to treat Alzheimer's patients and stop or slow the processes leading to brain cell death. Earlier this year, Mithridion merged with Cognitive Pharmaceuticals of Toledo, Ohio. MCD-386 was developed by Cognitive. Mithridion had...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- General Motors Corp. said this morning it will lay off salaried workers, cut truck production, suspend its dividend and borrow $2 billion to $3 billion to weather a severe downturn in the U.S. market. GM said the moves will raise $15 billion to help cover losses and turn around its North American operations. See story:...

MADISON - For 12 years, Gloria Hawkins has been dedicated to enriching the lives of diverse and promising high school students interested in pursuing a career in medicine and the sciences. Hawkins, an assistant dean of multicultural affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the director of the Research Apprenticeship Program (RAP), primarily funded through the UW-Madison School of...