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By Brian E. Clark RISING Electricity costs We Energies customers are facing a third increase in electricity prices this year, after the Public Service Commission approved a higher rate due to rapidly rising natural gas prices and the soaring price of diesel fuel used by trains bringing coal from Wyoming. Rising natural gas costs for the rest of the year are projected to add $74 million to...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- The stock of Marshall & Ilsley Corp., the parent company of M&I Bank, tumbled to a new 52-week low of $12.50 Monday. This was the first day of trading after the company announced on Thursday it expects to report a second quarter net loss of $1.50 to $1.60 per share as it absorbs up...

Marshall & Ilsley Corp.'s stock tumbled today, the first day of trading after the company announced on Thursday it expects to report a second quarter net loss of $1.50 to $1.60 per share as it absorbs up to $900 million in losses in the deteriorating housing market. "The continuing deterioration in the housing market, particularly in Arizona, on Florida's west...

MADISON - Plant biologists, geneticists, biochemists, bacteriologists, chemical engineers and computer scientists collide in the world of bioenergy, where the search for viable solutions demands intelligence of all kinds. The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has harnessed the intellectual heft to take on this challenge, and they have hired a translator to connect...

Company to Remain in Middleton Middleton, WI, July 7, 2008 – Central Place Real Estate (CPRE), Middleton, WI, announced today that its client, PDQ Food Stores, Inc., has completed the purchase of a new headquarters building at 7601 Discovery Drive, Middleton WI. Currently PDQ is located at 8383 Greenway Blvd in Middleton. The move will take place this...

Governor Jim Doyle has announced that quarterly checks totaling $103.5 million for General Transportation Aids, Connecting Highway Aids, and Expressway Policing Aids have been conveyed to Wisconsin units of local government. “Wisconsin’s quality system of federal, state and local roadways are the backbone of our economy,” Governor Doyle said. “These local transportation aids represent a vital investment in supporting...

Lands' End's Annual Kids Holiday Art Contest Call for Entries Opens DODGEVILLE, Wis., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- While the heat of July doesn't bring visions of sugar plums to the mind of adults; for children, Santa is never far from their thoughts. Thankfully, July marks the start of the Lands' End Annual Holiday Art Contest; the theme for 2008...