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Company transfers 6,800 miles of transmission lines and related assets to independent transmission company CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE:LNT) announced today that the company has successfully closed the sale transaction of its transmission assets to ITC Midwest LLC (ITC Midwest), a subsidiary of ITC...

PEWAUKEE, Wis., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A study released yesterday by credit union regulators affirmed that state-chartered credit unions provide low-cost, convenient financial services to their member-owners and actively serve their communities. The National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors (NASCUS) -- the professional association of regulators for the nation's state-chartered credit unions -- used a sampling of 502 credit...

TV Spot Celebrates Individuality and Exposes the Naked Truth about Being Yourself KENOSHA, Wis., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time in nearly ten years, Jockey International, Inc., the iconic American apparel brand, has returned to the airwaves with the launch of a new television ad that is part brand promotion and part social commentary. To view the Multimedia...

Respected Industry Leader Brings RPO and Business Development Experience to Her New Role BROOKFIELD, Wis., Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Pinstripe, Inc., a fast-growing recruitment outsourcing company, has added Jill Zoromski to its executive team. As its new Senior Vice President, Zoromski is poised to accelerate the business expansion Pinstripe is enjoying. Zoromski brings more than twenty years of experience in...

Improves Consumer Protection Provisions   MADISON - Governor Jim Doyle today signed Assembly Bill 207, legislation that will provide Wisconsin consumers with more cable service choices.  The Governor also preserved protections for cable customers through several vetoes.   “By opening the door to cable competition in Wisconsin we should see expanded services to consumers and more investments in communications technologies and infrastructure in...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com At roughly $25,000 a pop, it’s not cheap to wire a class with Sonic Foundry’s Mediasite technology. But many students – according to a new University of California, Irvine study – appear more than willing to pay extra to be able to review lectures, documents and charts on demand. The report, done at the university’s Paul...

Unadjusted Data MADISON – Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman announced today that Wisconsin’s unemployment rate for November 2007 was 4.8 percent.  The November rate was three-tenths of a percentage point higher than the October rate of 4.5 percent.  The national rate for November increased to 4.5 percent from 4.4 percent in October. "Wisconsin's labor market showed...

MADISON – The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) today established mandatory number pooling in the 715 and 920 area codes to further conserve phone numbers and delay area code exhaustion in these areas. “The Commission is taking this step as another conservation effort to postpone the eventual need for new area codes in the 715 and 920 areas,” said Chairperson Dan Ebert....