WisBusiness: What cable competition bill, poised for passage Tuesday, may mean for consumers
By Brian E. Clark
WisBusiness.com
When the Chibardun Telephone Cooperative considered offering cable television services in Rice Lake six years ago, it backed off the plan because of a city requirement that it serve all of the 9,000-person community within 18 months.
“We couldn’t make that commitment,” said Rick Vergin, CEO of the 70-employee company.
But if the state Assembly approves...
WisBusiness: Flying Cart helps others start on-line companies
By Kerry B. Ferguson
WisBusiness.com
A new business flies into town, but FlyingCart.com is still under the radar
MADISON -- FlyingCart.com is an online business that provides a three-step guide to setting up your own online business. It’s easy, straightforward and efficient – and the company is based in Wisconsin. So, why have you never heard of it?...
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago Awards $9.8 Million in Affordable Housing Grants
CHICAGO, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago has awarded approximately $9.8 million to help finance almost 2,200 affordable housing units located primarily in Illinois and Wisconsin through its Affordable Housing Program (AHP) competitive grant process. The Bank awarded more than $10.5 million in its first round of grants earlier this year, bringing the 2007...
Briggs & Stratton Corporation Reports Sale of Investment and Anticipated Cost Engine Recall
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Briggs & Stratton Corporation (NYSE:BGG)
Briggs & Stratton Corporation ("Briggs") and Metal Technologies Holding Company, Inc. ("MTHC") have entered into a Class B Preferred Share Redemption Agreement. The agreement provides for MTHC to pay all dividends in arrears on 45,000 MTHC Class B preferred shares held by Briggs and redeem the shares in exchange...
Stora Enso intends to delist from the New York Stock Exchange and to deregister and terminate its U.S. reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Stora Enso Oyj News Release December 7, 2007 at 07.00 GMT
HELSINKI, Finland - Stora Enso (NYSE:SEO) today announced that it intends to delist its American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), each representing one Stora Enso Series R ordinary share, from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in the USA. This delisting will be followed by the filing of Form 15F with...
Midwest Air Group Certifies Substantial Compliance With Second Request; Enters Into Timing Agreement With Justice Department
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Midwest Air Group, Inc. (AMEX:MEH) , parent company of Midwest Airlines, announced that the parties involved in the pending acquisition of Midwest Air Group by Midwest Air Partners, LLC, an affiliate of TPG Capital, have certified substantial compliance in response to the request for additional information from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) under...
UniPro Foodservice vice president, alumna Patricia Duffey ¹77 to speak at December commencement
WHITEWATER More than 600 students will be addressed by Patricia (Rusch)Duffey at the December 2007 commencement ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 15 at 10a.m. in the DLK/Kachel Fieldhouse.Duffey ¹77 received a bachelor¹s degree in business education from theUniversity of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She is the senior vice president ofmarketing development for UniPro Foodservice Inc., a distributor cooperativeof nearly 300 independently owned...
