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From WisBusiness.com ... -- On Thursday Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced the state has received a $3.5 million settlement from drug manufacturer Merck. The money is part of a comprehensive settlement agreement shared by 49 states and the District of Columbia. More than $2.8 million of the money will be returned to the state's Medicaid program. Read the release: http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=119427 --...

Act affirms patentability of an initial University of Wisconsin-Madison human embryonic stem cell discovery CONTACT:    Jill Ladwig, (608) 263-2834; jladwig@warf.org See http://www.warf.org for additional information about this news. MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) has been notified of the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s decision to uphold the claims of a key stem cell patent held by the non-profit...

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 27, 2008 – The Milwaukee Brewers and U.S. Cellular today announced a multi-million dollar partnership, naming U.S. Cellular the exclusive wireless provider of the Milwaukee Brewers. This new sponsorship continues the company’s partnerships with winning teams including the 2006 NFC Champion Chicago Bears and World Champion St. Louis Cardinals, and the 2005 World Champion Chicago...

CONTACT: Dick Jones, Agency Liaison, 608-267-4780 On the Web: http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/newsreleases/2008/unemployment/0108_state_lmi.pdf Unadjusted Data MADISON – Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman announced today that Wisconsin’s unemployment rate for January was 5.5 percent. The rate last month was nine-tenths of a percentage point higher than the December rate of 4.6 percent and it matches the January 2007 rate of 5.5...

Wisconsin Discovery Educator Network Leadership Council seeks to improve student achievement through the integration of educational technologies Silver Spring, Md. (Feb. 28, 2008) - As an events coordinator for the Wisconsin Discovery Educator Network Leadership Council, Rita Mortenson of Verona Area School District organizes and encourages educators statewide to improve student achievement through the use of digital media and...

For Immediate Release:  February 28 Contact:  Tony Hozeny, Department of Commerce, 608/267-9661 Madison – Entrepreneurship is the topic of this week’s “For the Record” Sunday, March 2 at 10:00 a.m. on WISC-TV Channel 3, Madison.  Department of Commerce Secretary Jack L. Fischer will discuss entrepreneurship and its importance to the state’s economy in observance of the National Entrepreneurship Week, from...

From WisBusiness.com ... -- The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation has been notified of the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s decision to uphold the claims of a key stem cell patent held by the non-profit foundation. Carl Gulbrandsen, managing director of WARF, said, “We’re extremely pleased with this decision. It affirms what WARF has believed all along, that Dr....

By Samantha Hernandez For WisBusiness.com New Green Bay Packers President Mark Murphy said today it's likely Brett Favre will return for another season and that Favre will probable make his decision by the end of the month. In a question-and-answer session before the Milwaukee Press Club, Murphy praised Favre’s leadership skills, but reminded people that there is a lot of training...